Ninehigh
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:03 PM |
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F**king loud horn
Anyone used this company? I'm planning on fitting a couple of these horns too 
http://www.top-gear.net/product.asp?u=22722N91253.9118517041&pnid=298&deptid=146
Unless anyone can come up with some louder ones for about the same price?
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dave r
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:09 PM |
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have you got compressed air on board then ?
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:10 PM |
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No, that was going to be the next question... Maybe I should visit the local truckstop see what they've got
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:13 PM |
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You dont need to store compressed air on board. They run off a small compresseor which spins up to feed the horns when you press the button.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:14 PM |
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Yeah the link suggests they run by themselves.
Do you think 123db will make Mr TT crap his pants?
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
No, that was going to be the next question... Maybe I should visit the local truckstop see what they've got
The same company should sell them
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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nib1980
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:14 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1usePTDlMM&NR=1
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adithorp
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:15 PM |
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That one needs a compresor.
Get a Stabel Neutilus.
http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2137/?gclid=CP6AooTz2poCFdIUzAodn3gKsg
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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UncleFista
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Do you think 123db will make Mr TT crap his pants?
Yes, but not as thoroughly as he would when blasted by
139db (dunno what distance that's
measured from though)
I've not had owt to do with 'em, but Stebel horns seem to get good write-ups.
[Edited on 26/5/09 by UncleFista]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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macspeedy
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 posted on 26/5/09 at 09:17 PM |
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ha ha ha
ebay
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:18 PM |
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those must be bloody loud. The ones i have are triple air horns like these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260381047109
which make you jump even when you expect it. These are a lot cheaper though and come with the compressor included!
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Andi
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:20 PM |
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Yeah I have this
http://www.top-gear.net/product.asp?lot=21&pnid=225&deptid=120
Just wire up and go and its pretty small, gets used on bikes a bit.
Cant resist doing it when the missus passes the front of the car, even though sometimes I know ill get the cold treatment all day
Also at Halfrauds
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_258317_langId_-1_categoryId_165704
[Edited on 26/5/09 by Andi]
[Edited on 26/5/09 by Andi]
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:20 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvdjOsvBXFU&feature=channel
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:24 PM |
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i was sure that 10dB doubled the volume, one link above says that 3dBs is a doubling. Correct or not?
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:25 PM |
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I think it's 3, I know that 90db is about as loud as someone shouting, and 140 is about as loud as a jet fighter taking off
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adithorp
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:35 PM |
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Nautilus is loud! Uncomfortably so.
It's not "excuse me"; More "MOVE YOU FECKING ARSE!"
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:38 PM |
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I don't want "MOVE YOU FECKING ARSE!"
I want "You've just made your trousers brown, put a dent in your roof and jerked the steering wheel so hard you've hit a tree. Where
did that ship go?"
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coozer
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 09:53 PM |
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More train horns on the street HERE!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 26/5/09 at 10:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i was sure that 10dB doubled the volume, one link above says that 3dBs is a doubling. Correct or not?
3db is correct.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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JoelP
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 06:53 AM |
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google implies that 3dB results from doubling the power, 6dB from doubling amplitude and that 10dB doubles the percieved volume.
Seeing as percieved volume is what counts when comparing horns, i shall go 'ner ner ne ner ner' as i walk out to work, and feel smug all
day, til i go down in flames at tea time 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 07:42 AM |
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I've got really loud air horns on my car - and I'm reluctant to use them as they just antagonise people.
You tend to get an "Aaaargh!...... you b*st*rd!!" reaction.
Just my 2p's worth.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 08:44 AM |
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I only use my horn about twice a year anyway. Be funny to have a beast.
It wouldn't work abroad though, they use horns like a polite warning to reversing cars and everything. Odd approach, but it seems to work!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 09:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I've got really loud air horns on my car - and I'm reluctant to use them as they just antagonise people.
You tend to get an "Aaaargh!...... you b*st*rd!!" reaction.
Just my 2p's worth.
I got round this problem with the bluebird by fitting extra long hoses going from the air horn compressor to the trumpets and leaving the standard
electric horns still connected.
If I press it and then quickly let go, only the electric horn sounds as the compressor hasn't built up pressure yet in the long hoses to sound
the air horns. But if I hold it on longer then all the horns sound after a seconds delay
This prevents accidentally annoying folk when I didn't want to blast there heads off
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 09:59 AM |
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the other option is to wire in a delay relay into the compressor supply
Just a thought
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wilkingj
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 11:10 AM |
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All those Air fed VERY LOUD Horns require a substantial Air feed. Most are 100-120Psi.You will need a small reservoir tank and pressure cut off switch
as well.
The 12/24Volts is usually the air solenoid valve coil voltage.
You will want large bore piping as the volume of air is a lot. You dont get a Lot of noise without a lot of energy behind it. Hence the big compressor
and air pipes.
As said above they will upset more people than necessary.
A good set of loud electric horns are more than sufficient for most occasions.
Those Viair compressors are an excellent bit of kit. However, they are not cheap. Matt Savage land rovers do them in the UK.
I have a set of Truckstop's Train Horns.
They are very loud, and can be easily heard at the end of the village!
They are not fitted to the Viento!
As for those Db figures. Take it from me...
+3Db is DOUBLE
-3Db is HALF
+10Db is Ten Times
-10Db is divide by 10 times.
+10Db is NOT Double!
+20Db is 100 Times
-20Db is divice by 20 times
The DB's are a logarithmic unit that does not follow a straight line. (Any old person who used Log Tables at school - Before electronic
calculators were invented) will know this.
They are purely a ratio.
As a DB is a ratio, any figures, even for sound for sound are calculated at a certain distance. Without a reference point, the figure is meaningless.
ANY DB figure for anything will be relative to something.
Think of the exhaust noise level for the SVA / IVA.
Any sound level / figure is meaningless wouth a distance at which its measured.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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