HOLY CRAP thats a lot of power

[MikeMike]

DA*N

info on van (more large pics at end of thread)

each alt is 400 amps!!!

o yea. thats crazy

MIKE

 

[opticalmace]

wow, what a waste of money

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: opticalmace

wow, what a waste of money

 

[MAME]

and what's the point?
So you can go deaf faster?


Sound equipment is such a waste of time and money

 

[StageLeft]

What is that? A trunk? Somebody's anus? Either way, it is a lot of power.

Sound equipment is such a waste of time and money

I agree to an extent, but it's what somebody just happens to enjoy, much the same way you happen to enjoy remaking an arcade machine

 

[wedi42]

i think its the bed of a pickup
maybe underneath the bed

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What is that? A trunk? Somebody's anus? Either way, it is a lot of power.

Sound equipment is such a waste of time and money

I agree to an extent, but it's what somebody just happens to enjoy, much the same way you happen to enjoy remaking an arcade machine

Yeah but it's not a waste of time or money since I get something new from it. I wouldn't be able to play these games otherwise. With audio stuff, I can listen to the exact same stuff on my $50 speakers and they sound great to me.

I think they enjoy building the stuff more than they actually use it when it's done

 

[ThePresence]

Damn, that could really hurt you.

 

[Howard]

Whoever took that picture should be shot.

 

[Analog]

Cool, but for what?

 

[nmcglennon]

I am picturing the scene with marty McFly in Doc's lab in the beginning of Back to the Furture...

"Rock and Roll...!?"

 

[EyeMWing]

That is the most photographically HORRIBLE picture EVAR. PUT DOWN THE SLR, YOU SUCK AT IT>

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What is that? A trunk? Somebody's anus? Either way, it is a lot of power.

Sound equipment is such a waste of time and money

I agree to an extent, but it's what somebody just happens to enjoy, much the same way you happen to enjoy remaking an arcade machine

Yeah but it's not a waste of time or money since I get something new from it. I wouldn't be able to play these games otherwise. With audio stuff, I can listen to the exact same stuff on my $50 speakers and they sound great to me.

I think they enjoy building the stuff more than they actually use it when it's done

You could play those games on your computer using an emulator. Instead, you build a dedicated cabinet. Someone who puts that many alternators in a vehicle is into the competition scene, and they thorougly(sp) enjoy doing it.

And as for your $50 speakers, there is a WORLD of difference between the stock sound system in a vehicle versus a quality tuned SQ (sound quality) competition vehicle. They aren't even comparable.

 

[Scouzer]

I want to spray a garden hose on that.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

what exactly am I looking at here in this picture?

 

[zimu]

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
what exactly am I looking at here in this picture?

 

[MAME]

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: zimu

Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
what exactly am I looking at here in this picture?

The underside of a vehicle. The thing in the middle is the driveline, with the alternators & belts around it.

 

[DurocShark]

That thing in the middle is the driveshaft. Probably a truck.

I find it humorous when the vehicle becomes more of a method of powering the amps and less of a method of transportation.

Nothing wrong with it. If the person wants to spend his/her money there instead of on the latest Intel piece of crap or on a big screen TV or whatever, that's fine with me.

I think it was kind on ingeneous how they used those pulleys to drive the alternators.

 

[RU482]

wow

16 * 400W = 6400W

6400W = 8.58HP

you'd need ~4 push mower engines to run the elctrical system in that truck

 

[Tipe2]

Each alternator is 400 amps.


BS

 

[MAME]

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: nmcglennon
I am picturing the scene with marty McFly in Doc's lab in the beginning of Back to the Future...

"Rock and Roll...!?"

That's funny. When I read the thread title, I immediately thought of "1.21 gigawatts?!?!?!"

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What is that? A trunk? Somebody's anus? Either way, it is a lot of power.

Sound equipment is such a waste of time and money

I agree to an extent, but it's what somebody just happens to enjoy, much the same way you happen to enjoy remaking an arcade machine

Yeah but it's not a waste of time or money since I get something new from it. I wouldn't be able to play these games otherwise. With audio stuff, I can listen to the exact same stuff on my $50 speakers and they sound great to me.

I think they enjoy building the stuff more than they actually use it when it's done

I'm not going to argue because it seems as if you're sticking with your opinion, but I will say that everyone has a passion for something. Their level of passion for it will be different though.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: redly1
wow

16 * 400W = 6400W

6400W = 8.58HP

you'd need ~4 push mower engines to run the elctrical system in that truck

No, 400A.
400A * 12V = 4.8kW
16 x 4.8kW = 76.8kW
76.8kW = 103HP

That's assuming 100% efficiency of conversion.