98 explorers peak frequency?

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

you guys that run big cube, daily tuned, big sub setups in 2nd gen explorers... what are you peaking at on the meter? high 40s?

going to be doing some burps this weekend but won't have a lot of time to find my peak and get everything maxed... still tuning my new HU/processor combo, and i just got my memphis sub amp back yesterday and got power back on some fresh recones... so i'm definitely not going to be at my best, and want to spend more of that 30 seconds pushing my subs than finding the peak frequency.

edit - i'm at 12.6 cubes tuned to 37 hz.

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[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

bump!

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

High 40's to low 50's.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

My '93 Expo peaks @ 53hz for loudest spl. With my old NightShade setup tuned to 36hz it peaked @ 45hz. With my current sa-12s setup tuned to 36hz I'm peaking now at 49-50hz. Was peaking at 48hz before bracing the current box.

 

[Mr. Slate 10+ year member]

My 97 was around 48-50.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

about what i expected, thanks a lot fellas //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

well i couldn't find my bass mekanik cd today, so i had to use one of their cds, which only had 35, 45, 55 hz, and a sine sweep on it. i played the sine sweep a couple times and peaked low 149s, played 45 and did high 148.

i had the high score, then a crx with 4 kicker 1200s and 4 type r 10s put up a 150.1 (he apparently paid 15 bucks to go again after i topped his first run) so i did the same thing and tried the 55 hz tone, which he was using, and did a 150.9. today, i bought another bass mekanik cd and should be able to find my peak frequency tomorrow, they were pretty cool about doing test runs early in the day. it's a saturday/sunday thing, so going back tomorrow.

it's outlaw style, they let us put the mic anywhere, crack doors, windows up or down, whatever. whats likely to be the loudest burp location for me in the explorer, kickpanel with driver door cracked, both windows up? thats how the guy in the crx was burping, with a guy sitting in his passenger seat kind of cupping his body around the mic.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

ok, quick search says drivers door open, windows up, mic in kick.

whats up with dude having people cup their bodies around the mic? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

for me it was 51-55hz depending on the box size and volume taken up in the hatch, mic placement, and with/without sound deadener on everything

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

i would think it would be better to not have a passenger and not obstruct the mic.

they let me do whatever i want with it, i was just letting them place it in the kick, they were putting it almost up under my dash, kind of behind my glove box. way up ont he floor. is that cool, or are they trying to screw me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

it is a termlab meter btw. charging my batteries tonight, hoping to do a 152 tomorrow with that bass mekanik cd, a fresh charge, and a little more play time on my 18s (just put power on fresh recones 2 days ago)

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

They do that to try & create a pressure zone around the mic making it read higher. Also it tends to gain by going higher into the kick panel.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

ok, and as far towards the outside of the truck as i can get the mic, or is it louder closer to the center console sometimes?

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

It's louder further into the far corner.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

cool, thanks again guys. will post some vids tomorrow //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[BlurredVision 10+ year member]

My 98 is loudest at 47 exactly.