Hi guys, the project I’ve been working tirelessly on since November- project ‘crazy-horn’ draws nearer and nearer to being properly started (hopefully 6-8 months) and now I have a photo to show you of just how crazy the current collection is (though I still have quite a few more horns and stuff to buy yet).
Consider it a preview to come of my mission to create a fanbase, but more importantly to breathe life into the dreary attempts many fellow brits have made with their small selection of horn blastering attempts which have been mocked or berated by the better american vids that I drew much inspiration from.
A reminder; these are all going ion a suzuki swift sport 08 model.
Well the issue I have (as I’d need another 2 for the additional 5-8.5 gallon tank ill add) is not about how quickly it can refill (as that’s why I’ve got such a large total air supply planned) but more so whether an oasis or (sorry to say) the far better looking rh mega 220 will be able to do 18-22 gallons on their own (speed is of no importance) and most importantly if one oasis weighs less than 5 vi-airs? Oasis style compressors are used for bouncy castles, could they supply shockers without the need for a tank and will they shake my whole car to pieces?
The Mega 220 is their part number for “12-Voltair” compressors but RTH makes it sound better than it really is. This link shows its real specs - Products - 12-Voltair.
Our XD4000-12 delivers 8 CFM from 100 to 200 PSI with constant duty @ 72°F. Since their CFM drops as the pressure increases our performance is twice of theirs. Ours are also made in the USA with a dual piston York compressor that has a cast iron compression ring and a steel oil control ring. Ours are direct drive so there’s no belt or pulleys to replace.
I don’t know what 5 Viairs weigh but the net weight of the XD4000-12 is about 67 lb. It isn’t as loud and doesn’t vibrate any more than 5 of theirs.
Ahhhh!! you americans and your damn pounds, queue the unit converter. Couldn’t I just have your over-sized kiddies bouncy castle air pump supply a dasiy-chained set of about 4 tanks totalling about (jeeze it gets bigger) 23.5 gallons worth? Yes it’s gonna give a far from stellar performances and your product won’t matchthe inner bling/zing of my car like the other compressors would, but if one hard-core compressor can do it and at a lower volume/vibration level then its a consideration for sure.
Although only the lezzers are gonna come close to nearly draining such a large supply of air (assuming I don’t add more, which I might- 32 gallons total maybe).
GUYS- NEVER EVER TELL ME YOUR HORNS SOUND GREAT WITHOUT ATTACHING A VIDEO/SOUNDFILE LINK, ESPECIALLY THE Cadillac B horns. Unless they’re already on youtube from other users. :p:rolleyes:
So a fairly final plan has been drafted on how this is all going to work then. In the photo you see roughly how the leslies and two tanks are going to be installed (and some of the compressors along side them). The tanks are wonky I know, but basically I’ll be heavily modding my boot/trunk door, having cuts made for where the lezzers will touch the door and overlay those custs with fairly strong mesh for total sound penetration. My entire boot is going to be a sealed off proof chamber (with a metal paritition blocking off the gap below thwe roof and above the passenger seats. By having the lezzers at that height it’ll be insanely loud (my nathans and lezzers are going to be too loud to hornblast with in anything other than large open areas/roads). My boot/trunk door window is going to be swapped out for a perforated metal sheet (as I never look out the back window due to my cameras) which means that I can also mount anything i want directly into the top of my boot/trunk window. The boot (or sound chamber as it’s known) is going to be coated in premium grade sound deadening and then coated with diamond plated steel (so all resilient to weather, heat and water). Inside my car I’m going to have a small air tank (maybe 3-4 gallons) to site near my manual valve so that I have virtually instant honks but the valve also has a solenoid built-into it so I can still remotely activate the nathans. I’m having a custom button panel to go on top of a cubby hole slot in front of my gear stick (named switches specific to the horns etc). I’m actually thinking of having some of the horns roof mounted afterall (no thanks to my friend I recently visited whose nathans were louder than most others and roof mounted). To conceal them I’m going to have a metal fabricator use diamond plated alluminium sheets moulded into a shape that acts as a door/box which perhaps I can flip open or shut depending on where I’m blowing my horns. In total I think I’m gonna aim for 22gal minimum but could go as high as 30gals. One of my air tanks is going to be my rear bumper lol as I’ll have it bolted to the cars main chassis.My car body panels are being reinforced with an additional material to make them more impact resistent too. Plenty of other things to tell, but thats it for now.
Can’t wait to see the finished project with all those horns mounted
I drive a '12 Swift, just finished my Nathan Airchime install. Bells 1 & 3 mounted in the rear bumper, facing down. 5 gallon tank + 400c in the trunk.
Yer I may see what can be mounted in the bumper too (which is gonna have vented cuts with mesh) and also might possibly resume looking at removing the large exhaust silencer and replacing it for space there, but I can vouch for the fact that they’re definitely louder facing forwards and ideally unobstructed, thats the only issue.
Too late, someone else beat ya to the punch. Some kids saw this and were amazed, but not before they initially thought me and my friend were playing a giant game…of chess :(:rolleyes:
Oh lol, I read your signature thinking you had 230 horns, but you meant the model number lol. I can’t say how the horns sound yet I’m afraid as it’ll be another 6 months before my armada of horns go on my car, I still have several others to add/buy to my collection. But I’ll be doing plenty of comparison vids.
Pretty much all of Kleinn’s horns are cheap chinese horns that are about as loud as your typical 3 chime chrome horns. The difference is Kleinn charges a premium and has good marketing to justify it. If you’re gonna get knockoff horns, get American made (Shockers) or Taiwanese made (United Pacific). A real train horn like a Nathan or a Leslie will leave any of those horns in the dust though, as this project will soon demonstrate!
I forgive your blasphemy against the GERMAN sounding kleinn. Besides, I’ve watched a few hornblasting videos of the 730 demons and they are loud and sound cool.
