Yeah, there was a brother in a black Suburban with a wall of 10 12's, who thought the same thing. He used to hang out at the Car Tunes on Gratiot back in the day. He thought the same thing. A DB meter and $300.00 bet later, he was wrong..by almost a full 2 DB.CMYZ28 said:
And most 15's sound sloppy because people don't know how to power them or a build a box for them. And a box that sounds good in car A might not sound good in car B. I have only run 15's once in my life and that was in my 1st car. A 1989 Blue Beretta GT. The seats folded down and right behind them were two 15" Savard PRO Series subs in a box that took my entire trunk. Man did that little car fucking HIT...for what it was anyway. The travel on those ghetto subs was insane though.MxRacerCam said:
Agreed. The truck had insane highs and mids too (Orion XTR components all around) but DB drag CD's have no highs or mids, so those never register.MxRacerCam said:db drag sucks. it's like driving a full-on race car on the street. not much fun, but good for bragging.
Crazzy_Al said:I'm clear, loud, and painful.
I took my test light and threw it at the wall when I still had the Cobra. I haven't purchased a new one yet. :lol:ReiKo said:
Crazzy_Al said:For the record, my last Explorer had 4 12's in it and hit a highest of 160.8db in Outlaw. In DB drags I would bring 2 friends with me. 1 to sit on the power sunroof (which would pop open a good 2") and 1 guy on each side of the truck pushing the corners of the doors closed because they would flex. The tailgate had almost 3 lbs of Dynamat on the license plate alone, 4 layers of Dymat all over the inside of the tailgate metal, and 4 layers of Dynamat all through all of the sheet metal we could get to from inside the truck. Tapping that thing from the outside of any panel or door sounds like a brick, not a metal car. All in all the truck probably had at least 200lbs of Dynamat on it. The rear glass was reinforced the whole way around with 2 layers or 1/4 inch thick RVG tape. The only way to close that glass was to put your weight into it and hope the latch held. And even with all of that, the tailgate and rear glass still flexed when the amps were up at DB drag level. Ask Frankie, he heard that truck numerous times when the amps were set at every day driving levels, and even that made you sick to your stomach. If you were sitting in the front seeat of the truck when the amps were at cruising level, and the windows were closed, your hair would wave around with every bass note. Just, FYI.
This Explorer is just a nice sounding grocery-getter.
Crazzy_Al said:For the record, my last Explorer had 4 12's in it and hit a highest of 160.8db in Outlaw. In DB drags I would bring 2 friends with me. 1 to sit on the power sunroof (which would pop open a good 2") and 1 guy on each side of the truck pushing the corners of the doors closed because they would flex. The tailgate had almost 3 lbs of Dynamat on the license plate alone, 4 layers of Dynamat all over the inside of the tailgate metal, and 4 layers of Dynamat all through all of the sheet metal we could get to from inside the truck. Tapping that thing from the outside of any panel or door sounded like a brick, not a metal car. All in all the truck probably had at least 200lbs of Dynamat on it. The rear glass was reinforced the whole way around with 2 layers or 1/4 inch thick RV tape. The only way to close that glass was to put your weight into it and hope the latch held. And even with all of that, the tailgate and rear glass still flexed when the amps were up at DB drag level. Ask Frankie, (Stugotz) he heard that truck numerous times when the amps were set at every day driving levels, and even that made you sick to your stomach. If you were sitting in the front seat of the truck when the amps were at cruising level, and the windows were closed, your hair would wave around with every bass note. Just, FYI.
This Explorer is just a nice sounding grocery-getter.
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And you're 26 now? I call big time BS!!! 163.0db was an almost unheard of number for a competition car let alone a DD 8+ years ago. There's a big difference between 160.8 db and 163 db. When was the meter calibrated? Who did the drag? What meter was it? Where was the meter mounted? How did the subs face? etc.murph said:
