shizzzon

Well.. kinda... A few years ago, you could mask yourself behind a computer and talk crap all you want because you are anonymous... But in this day and age now.. People should talk online like they would talk to someone in person because there is virtually no anonymity anymore... Social networking, IP address logging, reverse image searches, cross-referencing posts and statistics found all over the net and even to the extreme, simply paying money to receive a list of information all about someone. Most of what you can do to find out about someone is free and easy these days and most users forget how easy it is today. People would feel real embarrassed if someone started posting information about someone publicly.. Point is that if you piss someone off enough.. they more than likely have the tools available to find you... This is a more extreme case but hey, there are plenty of crazy, hot-headed people out there. And not only that, but in the car audio hobby, many of us meet each other at shows, etc.. You wouldn't want to be an ass on the forums and then show up in person as a totally different person. Nothing we can do can change the way how people like this acts. Fate always has it's way.

usaci was in kick, right? MECA will be harder because you have no loading area.. It measures at the headrest and that also means your peak note may have changed too.

u know, i think u should just use nails. lol

Yeah that's why I said Expensive A tuner will do it for my car... but they're around 400+$ Piggybacks for my car are around $500. Standalones go for about $2,000. Cars are different though.. I know i wouldnt drop that much money for just a burp, hehe. Alternator doesn't effect output as much unless your entire altnerator setup can power the system on it's own.

You must be misinterpreting the rules. Rules state a person can be in the vehicle doing whatever as long as the pressure doesn't exceed 145db. Above that, user must be outside vehicle. If user wants to keep engine revved, then it must be done without user intervention. They do not want actual user fluctuating the rpms of the vehicle because they can't sit there and watch the gauge the whole time.

i dont think piggybacks can though.. i think just standalones can..

lots of newer cars physically cant be changed.. So for those vehicles, MECA will allow you to use a device you would have to make yourself to crank down the gas pedal to a given rpm as long as the device is also not designed to possibly amplify pressure. If it appears to solely be used to control rpms, then it's legal.

Is there any reasoning on wiring it like this vs just running over the front battery?

270XP ALTERNATOR HAS SHIPPED! It will be here next week... I will not install it until about a week before the show.. No need to right now.. If there is something wrong with it.. oh well, throw the stock on there and make do. There is just no need to put it on at this time.

while i am leary on using things like that because i had problems with them ripping out of the wood with enough torq on unscrewing them when they were glued in, not epoxied.. this is what i'll be doin with my wall- For one, yes, you need to control baffle flex. Add more bracing to reduce that flex... Then, I use just normal wood screws, #12 i believe and screw them all the way through all baffles. Next, for my wall, since i am using low baffle thickness, i will have some steel plating behind a couple of mounting holes per woofer. They will be tapped and bolts driven through those holes. This will relieve some of the tension on the wood screws, I've had #12 break off heads too in the past but hopefully it wont happen this way. I'm just going to resin glue the steel plating on the back of the baffle in certain places already tapped and ready to go. I would probably use a nut too even though it's tapped.. but do not torque down too hard if resin gluing the steel to wood.. You would probably crack the glue from too much pressure so just do it where it's tight, but not overly tight. OR.. you could go crazy like i did this one time, hehe. Reverse run boltswashers from the inside out with threads sticking out of the front of the baffle. Resin glue the hell out of these, they should never come out! Drop each sub over all the bolts and then tighten em down with a socket wrench using a regular nut is all. Tighten the nut to where it drives through the surround material(that lips over the mounting ring, not the surround itself) Little tip- If you resin glue the bolts in place.. make sure that you do NOT put it on any part of the thread that the nut will ride on! Just the top half the bolt, not the lower half.. Otherwise when it dries.. well, good luck...

progress slowin down due to heat.. when i get full steps accomplished, i'll upload more pics

But dad!!!... I got so much more work to do...

Yea, central US would be great.. I don't know the exact reasoning behind Indy being chosen as i have never competed in either of those 3 leagues before but i can tell you that IN, OH, KY and TN have a massive competitor base. and i'm not being biased just because I live in that area.... FL does too and of course Indy is closer to FL than central US.. Just trying to help those understand possibly the reasoning.

Just got word yesterday... My 270XP Alt has just been built.. Awaiting further info.. If they remember, it should be getting anodized too. That can take up to 1.5weeks.

the smaller you go, the more low end you lose...

oh... so u two gonna have the whole hotel to yourselves? Some freaky shit gonna happen there..

what is the lead time advertised? 15 days max? If it is.. that's probably business days which equals 3 full weeks max possibly then ~1week to ship.. So 1 month would be about right for maximum time.

Yep, i thought that's what it was... Glad it was an easy find.

guess i gotta start lookin and just tell everybody where they'll be at, lol. And Lantz.. You better not be around any girls while you are up here.. We all know what happened the last time you told us you were underage and drinkin.... And i will not be part of the train either,

yep, he's right. You need a wire harness. Contact Mechman for one.

remember, don't ship mine! wait til slamology

if u had both alts on there.. 2-3 good AGM Group 31s in there would be plenty.

It appears so far that nobody is staying anywhere up here? lol So.. where are you all teleporting to after the show is over friday and saturday night?

Less batteries are good assuming Maintenance free. For 130A alt.. that's not really enough for daily driving on single 3500w amp so caution needs to be used and do system stress checks to see how long it can be played before problems tend to be measured with tools.

For a truck, Mechman should be fine... If you plan on literally abusing the living hell out of it beyond reason, DC Power XP line. But i must warn you.. IF you go with DC Power, it may take anywhere from 1-10weeks for delivery.