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Bike-Mad

well 0001 that some serious kit, but what the F**k the use if you can't cruse with the sounds going?

clonmult

caught this link off slashdot. Interesting reading the slashdot threads.

Maximum SPL available is about 194 db. They're getting kinda close at 177db.

lt1s10

db drag is nice for the crowd draw. everyone wants to see how loud something can get.

this civic by alpine is my favorite install that I've seen so far:
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big_bubba

I still have to ask...............why?

Cynthetiq

damn... i used to compete in the late 80's.... but living in NYC I don't dare...

amazing....

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msimon8

someone shoud remove the word "racing" from the name of that sport

WarWagon

First off, where the hell did this kid get that kind of money from?

And B, thats LAME. REAL LAME. Just by looking at the cab you can tell no thought or design went into it at all, just a matter of buying the power and the dB's. It's people like my buddy Manny Alves at T-Rex Audio here in CT that I respect as far as the SPL contests go. With only 2 Onyx 18's and 10 US Amps he's getting very near that 170 mark, thanks to countless hours of tweaking the console, plates, port size, ramping, etc in the cab. Nothing but raw MDF and fiberglass everywhere. Whats going on in the articles interior? A single ramp and a fuzzy wheel cover.

Just the fact that this kid is using a tape deck rather than a remote head unit kind of makes me shake my head...

nitrorclover

Hmmmm.... and my truck doesn't even have a radio in it...

madsenj37

Make that two of us.

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tfin

Because he can. Same reason people put a 6000 hp engine in a aluminum rail and blast it down a track at 300 mph, same reason people get tube frame cars and drive them around in circles for a few hours. It is all about what trips your trigger.

On a side note I saw a db comption back in 98 in Kansas City. That was just damned impressive. Bt it really is not for every one. Just like NASCAR is not for everyone. To each his own. And that is what really makes auto's so cool. There are so many facits for everyone to enjoy.

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Good read thanks for that,

I am into car audio, but not that big in any means. To me, a part of it is builiding a great enclosure, but personally that is more of the SQ comps (sound quality) I believe that is a sport in it's own sense, that's where artisitc merit come into place and time and effort pays off.

Now with DB drags, all it is, is a contest of whoever has the most $$$ wins. Any goomba can toss 20 subs in a truck and leave wire everywhere and then boom out some sound.

So that's where I stand, good for them, they enjoy it so that's good. But SQ comps is what is truly car audio competition.

Stare At The Sun

holy shit. Thats simply to much. 2 subs are good enough for me...

merkerguitars

Thats an expensive hobby.........

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wow. definately something i had NEVER heared of before!

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madsenj37

With the 6000 hp engine you can go faster though ... 300 mph to be exact. there gets to be a point with audio where you cant hear it anymore. It serves no purpose after a certain point.

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mastertakana

whoa, that's interesting. I don't see how the competition could be very interesting tho/

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shit I'm deaf just reading that story

brandon11983

so a top fuel dragster serves no purpose because it isn't street legal?

SPL systems are designed to do one thing, be very fucking loud. that is their purpose. fidelity, linearity, harmonics, and sound quality are all pitched. much in the same way that SQ systems are designed to be sonically perfect and pay no attention to SPL.

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Tickford

Seems like such a waste....... of really good money......

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mysterhe

Im thinking that he went about it all wrong...Db drag to me is the least amount of equipment that optimizes all of the interior space of the car. I only had 2 Adire Audio Brahma 12's in my last car with an MTX 81000d amp. I was hitting about 134's at Db drags, adn that was out of the trunk. All i have left to say is just port it right.


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It may be a mystery but ya know im a he.

wrongfullyaccuzd

my fucking antenna doesn't even work and you're showing me that....=0

extracool64

That is the most useless thing I have ever seen. A stereo has to play more than just a 74hz frequency.

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BigGov

Mind you, these teams are sponsored. So it actually isn't very expensive at all.

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WireX

crazy stuff, but kind of interesting.

I want to see some university take up the challenge, then make something using the actual physics behind it to generate the perfect enclosure for a wavelength, then go and win a bunch of them.

bennyb

These are actully made for competitions where the highest dB wins :P

bundy

i hadn´t heard about dB drag racing.
it sounds hilarious... but i like my hearing too much to invesigate that scene any further.

seriously, thats a hell of a lot of devotion to his vehicle.
wonder if he ever had any other urge to spend that sort of cash on anything else?

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WarWagon

Just saw this post again and laughed. The numbers that it puts out is really unimpressive given the drivers and the power. There's a team out there right now with a very secretive design with the loudest dB car ever recorded, WELL into the 170's, and on some meters, not too far from the 180 dB mark. And they're doing it with a SINGLE subwoofer, and a lot of science behind it.

BTW, congrats to my buddy Manny Alves at T-Rex Audio. His Onyx's had a bunch of bad coils, and after swapping over to some American Bass 18's, the Lamborghini green Rabbit finally eclipsed the 170 dB mark :-D

supafly

This is insane. I bet it rides like crap with all that heavy stuff in the back.

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Scorps

What a fool

Exodus

Seems kinda silly to me. But as previously stated.... to each their own.

Snakebyt

that is just way too much, but i guess if it is for competition thats what it takes to win