Hey guys, its coming up to Xmas holidays and I'll have a bit of free time to fill during my break.

So what tutorials, tests or technical articles would you like to see ?

On the list already is:

Loading testing a Hyundai X2-X3 Excel hatch
Loading testing a Holden VN-VS Commodore sedan
Installing a perspex viewing panel in your sub box

If I dont botch it up, you'll also see:
Etching perspex. Etching etching, not stick-on etching.
A small tute on custom painting amplifiers.

I'll try and get my hands on a Mirage, Pulsar & VY Commodore to do some loading testing on those too (I can only test in cars friends/family own).

So come on, these articles are for you guys and there's no point me doing tech articles on things no ones interested in.

US Tech 1600 vs DD M1 vs Caliber 2000+

- Stooge007 out

I'll test any amps back to back, if someones willing to send them my way

LOL

I've also got a real long list of tech articles that I may get around to writing eventually..

The next articles that I'll do will be explaining power ratings of speakers, RMS vs peak power, explaining underpowering, overpowering and clipping.

Then also explaining bridging of amplifiers.

RCA splitters, headunit voltage etc

Explaining port tuning, and recommended port diameter vs power, subwoofer diameter etc.

Basic info on imaging and localisation of sound

and heaps of other articles that I may or may not get around to doing...

All installation tutorials are a good idea for others to do...

Blackice, in the perspex window tutorial, could you also include info on glass vs perspex, recommended thicknesses etc

Beginners guide to fibreglassing!

and I think as many HU installs for different cars would be a good idea. I would do one for my car if i had a digi. but you can do it in 10 minutes anyway

what to look for when buying a sub, such as spiders, voice coil diameter and wat it is made of, magnet weight and material, cone material, surround material, size.... etc just so i and others understand the construction and why etc and what to look for when buying subs.

Cheers

i thnk fibreglassing too. a real basic start to it. put pics up of each of the products required, how to begin the frame of the fibreglass, what material to apply the resin etc to. i would love to do some fibreglassing but i dont know ehere to start or what exactly i should buy.

Being new, i think just a general introduction to car audio would be kickass... but i'll probly pick up enough to not need that by the time its made.

I'll second a Beginners guide to fibreglassing!

I'm keen but don't where to start also

there used to be a cable length/gauge/current draw chart..... any chance of getting it going again please? (like, i have a 4awg cable 5m long, i look at the chart and i can draw XXX amps thru it)

please?????

how about a guide to making boot installs with motorised/hinged floors so that the tyre can come out still? How about motorised amp racks and other motorised bits?

Installation hints, tricks and tips. Mostly in the boot install and fabrication department. Such as constructing amp racks, fastening equipment effectively to the car etc.

how about 'bending polycarb' ?

easy - use a bender
hahaha

fix the pictures in the sound deadening tut.

This is a good one!
Also needs to be included basic wiring - ie running cables from boot to h/u, battery, grounding etc (for a commodore ) so newbies like me can spend hours trying to do it themselves before paying someone $88 to run 2 cables up the car. I actually havent looked at my existing wiring - I'm just being slack.

i got a good suggestion! how about installing ps2's or xboxes in cars! i have done alot of searching and it seems like there is no good start to finish explaination on how to do it the right way from plugging it into the incar tv to choosing the right inverter.

I'm over cutting up my car,... would like to see:

'Highend gear installed in stock locations'

* Test the difference in maximum power output (or SQ maybe?) when running several different amps off of a low voltage rca signal, eg pioneer deh-5650mp, against a high voltage rca signal, eg a higher end pioneer deck.

Im really curious about this one.

Yeah hooking up a PS2 tutorial would be sweet!

How to make your install "safe"

I recon a tute on Port TUning would be good too!!!!!
That would be da bomb!

also... some pics on the sound deaddening tute !

how about an index of links to car audio manufacturers websites.

e.g:

ARC - http://www.arcaudio.com/

Audison - http://www.audison.com/

etc.

i know you can just use google, but some are hard to find, like pioneer australia for example (http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/car_entertain...ment/index.aspx)

???

- Stooge007 out

it looks like everything, from the list above.

how about i would like to see everything, although i don;t use it now, but it will be useful later.

cheers

how to make a custom parcel shelf

mr. search, when i got to google and search 'pioneer' with the australia box ticked, i get the pioneer website for my first result :roll:

I think he means entering the address - I know I always screw it up everything I visit! Pioneer has a shocking International web setup! Every country has a completely different address format!

Anyway if there's one thing I'd like to see it would be putting the Setting Your Gains tute as a sticky!! It's really a very important topic and shouldn't be on page 2/3!

ROCK ON
R~R

how to 'install & configure a response amp' (with photos of power wire to battery & what to physically set up for bridge modes eg, 4chan 1 bridge 2 not)

how to find what you want on the jaycar website (see: Rookie ROX
Jaycar Website Expert!-_-)


???

Ive got a Welding,Panel-Beating and painting tute all finished but am not sure who ta send it to for a read/edit.
Ive sent it ta Marc a week ago but havnt heard back yet.(I know the mans busy that why I havnt bothered him about it)
Is there other Admin who I can email it to?
Cheers
Sidey

would also like to see a basic glassing tut and a wierd shape glass tut too.

what pulsar loading is it in?

and also a few different doorpod construction tuts there were some on here but gone.


and how bout installing a secondary siren to your alarm like a jaycar screamer inside your car somehwere.


SSS_Hoon

i wouldn't mind a how to hit 150+ in street class tute.. that would be helpful.

Pffft I've been there an done that.. It's not that hard. Only took me 2 years! HA HA!

153dB! Now that would be a limit I'd like to see in Street B, anyone got a tuturial on that?

How about a "How to make that hole you cut for speakers go back to looking like stock" tute

or

"Why fuses are over rated" tute

How about a how to hit 150.2 in street... lol!

i'd happily do a tute on how to get 150 in st. Did that half a year ago now

Haha I did it nearly a year ago

i would really like to see a flase foor tut (FOR THE FRONT FLOORS)

Custom boot install stuff...
False Floor
Amp Rack
etc.

Theres heaps of info all over the forums, but it's sometimes hard to find. The forums are after all huge. A nice consolidated location would be nice.

How to install an aftermarket head unit into a "92 Mazda 626.

I'm trying to do one at the moment. I figured out how to get the stock Philips HU out with 4 steel prongs I made from an old coat hanger. What I need to know is how to wire it up (I'm unable to find a wiring diagram for this model) and how to properly connect the power antenna.
Surely there's someone out there who's done one of these before who could give me a few tips... any would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Nevermind about this one for now... I found a good guide on installdr.com which I'll use for now. If I still have more problems I'll ask back here again.

i think a Dual Battery set-up tutorial is needed.

and also a Relocating your battery to the boot tutorial

- Stooge007 out

AMPLIFIER TUNNING

PKUMAR : tutorials in existence already cover this
"setting your gains, and crossover tutes"

Axon. I think the phrase "da bomb" is going out of fashion

http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=36002

Just dont narrow the bandwidth down as much as I do and its sweet.

Hrmmm.. I'm gunna be testing a N14 Pulsar soon, might upload that. Also gotta get my BA XR Falcon install tute up.

false floor/flush mounting amps?

been lookin...still cant get my head around it.......

no i havent gone and tried to build anything myself yet....not quite that adept just yet

my bad if its already up sumwhere...but im pretty sure i checked

Infinite Baffle subwoofer system
Aperiodic Enclosure subwoofer system
Sealed or ported system
Some examples or pics and what type of System each of these will suit
What Speaker specs would be recommened for each of these setups
Why would you use one for spl and another for SQ.
Thanx

Yeah id love to see that to

please please please. lets do this one. lookin @ gettin a sub in the near future along the lines of diamond/image dynamics/ RE XXX if i can find one. just want to know how the infinite baffle works especially in relation to SQ applications.

how about, all the popular cars out there, whats the stock speakers in front and back, and what sized din unit they have

thats an excellent idea man.
i can provide stock speaker sizes etc for all magnas, from the early generation 1 magnas, through to the 2nd and 3rd generation.

i can put in my 2c aswell to make it easier for everyone

I'd like to see a tute explaining how to match up speakers and amps - I'm in the process of doing it now, and although I basically figured it out, it took a lot of research and a few hours to wade through the crap and find something useful.