Just got off the phone with Angelo from db drag
he spoke to Wayne Harris and was told that when mics go out of calibration the db reading goes up because the diaphram in the mic moves more.
So about the mics being down is not true.
He also certified that we took the Australasian record for ss1-2.
159.0 that puts us 2.8 db from Australias loudest car.
See you all at summernats.

2.8 away? i thought that would make you guys the loudest car in Australia? Huge effort nonetheless!

actually the loudest car in australia is 166.2 from incar

so that means u have 7.3 db untill u become The loudest car in oz

no offence but i cant see the handy doing a 166 anytime soon

159 is good tho i would be more then happy with that

according to angelo the loudest car he has ever tested at a db drag event is 161.8 which would officially make it the loudest car in oz

Yeah thats what I meant, I didn't think the INCAR car had been on a dB Drag meter?

yes you would be the loudest Db Drag car. And well done hope to see some higher numbers.

And lets stop guessing with calibration and just get it done. simple fact you and say this and this and that this happens but run of a freshly calibrated meter and all rumours can be put to rest.

[ November 21, 2002, 15:18: Message edited by: KraSE ]

thanx for the support krase but like i said u would only need to reclibrate them if your db jumped UP by 5-6 db with no altertions to your system.
lets just hope they get the mics checked and if need be recalibrated before summernats so when we do get some bigger numbers there is no bull**** to deal with afterwards

congrats on the good SS1-2 score

but also pinched mic cords or damaged one can cause irratic reading, dropping th mic etc etc etc but it is nice to have it calibrated often even if the people think it is reading fine

on a note people may see me and some other going on about calibration this is nothing personal if any people reading may take it that way. I just want to be confident in saying wat us as a Db Drag nation have pulled in the lanes is a true indication of the numbers we pull. With more serious car being done we will have somthing to brag about soon

Neway nuff of that crap

Got any pictures I would love to see some of ya car And I will be at nats. No car tho but we will have to catch up and have a beer or 2 or 3 or 4

[ November 21, 2002, 16:17: Message edited by: KraSE ]

good work dude

All I can say is....... BRING ON SUMMERNATS!! hehehe Dean and team well done dudes

Every measuring system should be calibrated before EVERY competition.

Competitors spend thousands or tens of thousands on their systems and deserve an acurate reading.

We made 161dB on brand new (ceritfied) Audio Controls back at BAS 2000, this still stands as the Australian Amateur record.

As Purps said, we made 166.2 on a Coustic (dB Drag legal at the time), but this was not official. On the day at SAS 2000 we, like Jack's Charade, scored "OVR" on the old 160dB Audio Controls they were using for the comp. We went on to make 157ish with one of our 4 amps running at 2 ohms as opposed to 4 amps at 0.5ohm.

Bottom line, calibration is essential!!!

Phil

[ November 21, 2002, 22:21: Message edited by: Incar Phil ]

...and I couldn't agree more. Fresh calibration, and set it up right, no one can argue