First time competing with the Chevy, I hit a 146.0 db legal today, which was good for a whopping second place. I missed first place by .1 of a point. First place had 146.1 db. I'm still pissed about that. :(

But for a stock alternator and no battery, I think I did pretty good. The acoustics in the Cavy are a bit better than my Prelude so that helps out a lot.

Next time I have to hit at least 150 legal. Once I get a GM 200 Amp alternator and a gel cell, I should be well into the 150db range and my amps will finally be getting the power they deserve from my electrical system.

Anyway, just thought I'd share.

congrats, im still wanting to get mine metered, but i can never find time. I got a 200 amp alternator and Optimas biggest battery, and 0ga all over, id reccomend doing the same.

I just e-mailed Mr. Alternator about an alternator for my car, so i'll see how much it is.

If I can get an alternator that is at least 120 amps at idle, i'm sure it'll give me plenty of power up to 2000 RPM.

Other than that, I may be upgrading amps soon. More than likely the 1440/2. I'm sure I can see at least a 3-6 db increase with the extra power. The last comp is Jan 1-2nd, so i'll see how the rest of the season goes.

Congradulations, but i fail to see the point of it all. whatever floats your boat though.

just another hobby....i dont see point in playing video games...:)...or computer games, or having a porsche turbo and never drivingit..;)

Mark
95SE

not having this argument again. Instead I'll offer this bit of wisdom; Remove your alternator pulley and run the belt off of the bolt. It will surely get you a few extra amps at idle.

http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/graphics/DecibelThermometer/thermometer.jpg
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/hearingloss.cfm

I use protective hearing gear....now :)

And a SPL burp only lasts a few seconds. I don't listen to 146db's daily.

Mark you dick :moon: when are you coming over to check out the new place like you said? or are you too busy these days? :rolleyes:

thats a good way to show how decibels are related to other sounds

mr. alternator can burn to the ground, they fucked me over for 2 months.

mr. alternator can burn to the ground, they fucked me over for 2 months.

:firedevil

where did u meter at? where u at the Whitlee show at Jamil Temple?

thats a good way to show how decibels are related to other sounds

Why isn't your car on www.earthshakers.us ?


Your car must not be able to shake the earth :)

BTW, yeah I was at Jamil Temple.

Oh yea Sharon, one of the guys in the "Earthshakers" club was one of my victims.

http://www.earthshakers.us/profile.asp?ID=5

thats our new president... i just went to my first meeting as a member this past friday... the site still needs updating tho

i was at Jamil till about 2:30... i was wearing jeans with a white lil fleece jacket n i have brown hair... u might have seen me... i was sitting on the fountain during the spl