What have you done to your car today?

[ryn]

I replaced the top hose with oem one and new cap.

Would I be best to take it to someone how to get it checked for a head gasket issue? I\'m not mechanically minded enough to do this - I\'ll be honest.

[ADIKT]

I\'d get them to test te rest of the cooling system aswell as h/g issues. Could be as simple as a blocked hose (could pop another hose or worse next time)

[94 Leone]

Clutch working properly, now for some power steering fluid, a bit more oil then a Wof and rego.

Sent from my SGH-I927

[gotasuby]

I drove my car, doesnt sound like much but its a bpe legacy running a vipec/Link ECU ;D

[rslegy]

 gotasuby said:

I drove my car, doesnt sound like much but its a bpe legacy running a vipec/Link ECU ;D

MORE POWER??????

[DacerX]

 gotasuby said:

I drove my car, doesnt sound like much but its a bpe legacy running a vipec/Link ECU ;D

Now you just need everything else

[rex-leggy]

soundes way different thats for sure

[DacerX]

 rex-leggy said:

soundes way different thats for sure

Really?

[QRAF]

Stumped on what i should do with my car now that the mrs said i can do what i want with it now that its no longer our main vehicle.

its actually been going the best it has in the last 6months than the last 5 years before hand so i\'m happy to just drive it but want to put the lowered springs back in and maybe go to a 15\' sub instead of the 12" i have but i\'m actually thinking i just need to upgrade my amp after reading some posts.

[ADIKT]

 QRAF said:

Stumped on what i should do with my car now that the mrs said i can do what i want with it now that its no longer our main vehicle.

its actually been going the best it has in the last 6months than the last 5 years before hand so i\'m happy to just drive it but want to put the lowered springs back in and maybe go to a 15\' sub instead of the 12" i have but i\'m actually thinking i just need to upgrade my amp after reading some posts.

what amp and sub do you have?

[boon]

I could make your head spin with a 10" sub on 500w. Bass is about 70% enclosure, 20% amplifier, 10% sub.

[ADIKT]

 boon said:

I could make your head spin with a 10" sub on 500w. Bass is about 70% enclosure, 20% amplifier, 10% sub.

this this this

[QRAF]

just a good old fusion amp its about 10 years old now think its 800w got a pioneer sub in a fusion box so probably not the best but it still goes loud just wanting more deep bass.

[Guest]

 boon said:

I could make your head spin with a 10" sub on 500w. Bass is about 70% enclosure, 20% amplifier, 10% sub.

Am I right in thinking sealed makes it tight and punchy whereas ported the bass oozes throughout the whole car?

[nickch]

Essentially all the sub needs to do is handle the power and excur linearly with the signal given.

Box design is most important..

Yes, sealed, tight and punchy. But more importantly, output is relatively linear across the sub bass frequencies.

For ported, there is a spike at the tuning frequency.. and anything around that frequency, it gets a bit sloppy..

I have heard very controlled bass from a ported box before, as long as the cutoff is set properly to minimise uncontrolled cone movement..

[boon]

It\'s about matching the sub to the box and to the desired sound. A ported box can be built to be punchy and/or to play flat, it\'s important to look at the frequency response and thielle small parameters of the driver and create a box that caters to it. For example most DD (Digital Designs) subs, which I prefer for car audio, have very stiff suspension to help them handle high power, but this also means you can tune the box high and they will be punchy without flopping around at low frequncies.

[nickch]

I miss my old setup.. :-[

Fb = 33Hz

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[boon]

Fb=43hz

[marc]

Swpped out my T4 and giant Soundstream amp for somthing a little smaller and lighter. Hmm 70% odd boot space usable now . Good old DD 10" and Alpine Mono.

[ADIKT]

Nice choice marc

[marc]

 ADIKT said:

Nice choice marc

Thanks Andrew lol, though about it for a while. What sounds good, wont dissapoint too much after being used to solid bass and is pretty compact. Was going to go Alpine Type X 10" / PDX 1.600 combo but just abit much $ for now haha and always liked the DD stuff + Alpines MRX mono stuff is pretty good too, been using a 4 channel one for my components.

Will tradme some of my leftovers :\'(

[QRAF]

so its the box i should change 1st

[legacy666]

So what\'s the best way to secure a sub box in the boot so I don\'t have to worry about it next time I go around a corner. Just upgraded all the door speakers and will probably look to put the sub back. Had some salesman spend 30 minutes blabbing about 5.25 inch being all that will fit in the doors although I had just measured up everything, then another 20 minutes trying to sell me some top of the line components. Dude I came in already knowing what I wanted and instead of just getting them and having an easy sale you forced me to leave and go elsewhere.

[Marky]

90 fence brackets from mitre ten work for me hahaha, far better than the bungee cords or whatever bs people use

I think I sold my car today, lols that lasted

[Guest]

 Marky said:

90 fence brackets from mitre ten work for me hahaha, far better than the bungee cords or whatever bs people use

I think I sold my car today, lols that lasted

On to car 32 now is it? Which dark side you turning too this time?