East Texas/North Louisiana/Southern Arkansas MEET...USACi Event!

[Chevyaudio]

www.Remybattery.com


Dekas. Get em'

[jmanpc]

i need to reset my gains, too. i did a 144.7 with the car on, before the big 3. I think since I've done the big 3, i'll be able to hit a 145. Think a 145 will do ok in stock 0-600? Or do you think I should sit back and watch? Scores from last year?

[jmanpc]

what time do you have to be there and registered? i gotta drive 4 hours.

[Chevyaudio]

Registration cut off will be 2-3. Show starts at 10. Numbers for SS 0-600...who knows . I may do some SS 0-600...But last year a 142.7 won the old SS 0-300...Depending on who runs the class I would say anywere from a 145-153 (lol) ought to win that class.

[Louisiana_CRX]

I think I fv<ked up my sub...

Both coils are reading 1.4ohm...they are supposed to 0.7....I got hard on it today and it really started to smell. I pulled the sub and tested the coils.

Funny thing is, it is still doing the same #'s that is did before it smelled????
I cant remember if i checked the coils b4 i reconed the sub...maybe DD sent me d1.4's instead of d.7's.

I mean...what are the odds of messing up a sub and BOTH coils read the same DCR afterward, sub still plays, and you still do the same #'s??????

Anyways...the amp is seeing .7ohm right now.
And i'm not loud *crys*

Guess i'll order a recone monday.

Did you check another meter on it?

[Louisiana_CRX]

what time do you have to be there and registered? i gotta drive 4 hours.

Leave around 8 that morning and you should be safe...

[jmanpc]

well just went and readjusted all my gains, got everything sounding good and cleaned up. the masculine mobile will be dressed to impress.

[djman37]

WHOOO HOOO...batts in. And my truck cranks if I look at the key in the igintion...3 batteries will do that I guess.

super powers now?

[Chevyaudio]

Yup...lol. Im to lazy to go cut some MDF now. Need to go pick up some drill bits too

[jmanpc]

just put the equalizer in, and it's all pretty.



So far, the system is sounding better than ever. Got the gains set correctly (finally), and I noobishly decided to put in a ground loop isolator. I was as tired as hell of the engine noise, so I just cheated by using a GLI. And it's gotten rid of 97% of engine noise... you can hear it veerrrry faintly if you listen hard with the volume down. i'm happy.

This summer I've gotta make a false floor for the stow 'n go, though. Theres a hump that goes down the middle of it that messes everything up. Other than that, everything's locked, cocked and ready to rock

[Chevyaudio]

Why don't you do SQ at the comp next weekend?

[jmanpc]

They're doing sq?

I may or may not... I'd have to see what i'm up against. I know SQ can be pretty tricky. The thing that worries me is that I've heard some good sounding systems, and mine is the best I've heard; however, I've never heard an all-out SQ install. Therefore, I don't know exactly what a great SQ setup should sound like.

[jmanpc]

I just read up on the rules, and I suspect I'd get pwnt on the install portion of the SQ comp. Sure, my install is clean, but a judge would rip it to shreds on the score card.

This summer I plan on building a false floor, which will be very clean and will definately get me brownie points when it comes to judging, but for now, everything looks haphazardly thrown in compared to the install I could have.

One of the things I like most about my install, though, is the fact that it looks very stock, aside from the head unit. No amps are showing because they are hidden in the Stow-N-Go compartment, and my tweets are flushed into the a-pillars, and look like they're supposed to be there. The subwoofer only protrudes about 10" above the floor, thanks to the Stow-N-Go. The Caravan is the perfect platform for a **** install.

But this summer, I think I'm going to do a complete reinstall. I'm going to get paint to match the exterior of the car, and paint dash trim pieces to match the outside of the car. I'm going to run all new wires, build the false floor, get lots of split loom for the power wire and big 3 wire, get replacement a-pillars for the van, and reinstall the tweets a bit higher (one touches the gauge cluster hump), put in a second battery somehow in the back.... I'm lookin at an HC800 because of it's compact size, maybe a pair of HC600's.

[Louisiana_CRX]

Well I got the wiring under the hood completed.... My mids and highs amps is playing...I hope my new door midbass arrive this week And This week I'm hoping to get the radio in the dash and the isolater hooked up...and all the sub box together...I had to kick my ole lady out so I can work late and not listen to b!tchen...lol

[jmanpc]

lol.... I'm sittin here reading about all the people who will be in ss 0-600....

btw: Here's the van I'll be driving.