Actually, probably the loudest stock auto horn I've ever heard was in my
grandmothers '61 Caddy Coupe d'Ville. That thing literally sounded like a
tugboat horn (of course it was a land yacht!)
Never had a problem with getting others attention and the Caddy would dust
most of the Trans/Cams/Firebirds that would pull up to a light laughin' at
me wanting to race.
Still wish I had kept that car when it came time to sell it. No place to
store it at the time though.
Duff
'95 SLT 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
MSD 6AL - MSD Blaster Coil
MSD 8.5 wires - K&N FIPK - F&B Stage I TBI
-----Original Message-----
From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu [mailto:fawcett@uism.bu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:05 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Dakota horns
You are all gonna' be pissed about this but the ford explorer has the best
damn
OEM horn I've ever heard. It'll make your heart skip a beat, make you jump
out
of your skin and take ten steps back all at the same time! I'm gonna' sneak
out one night and swap my wimpy beeper with an exploders horn one of these
nights, I swear!
Tom
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Subject: DML: Re: Dakota horns
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 4/8/00 6:42 PM
Welcome to the club of Intense Blue owners :) I thought the same thing
about my horns, so I opted to install a pair of PepBoys specials. They
are loud, but the tone isn't much better than stock and I am going to
switch them out very soon.
In my on-line research of air horns, I found that my current air horns
are in the 810 Hz range and are app. 120 decibels. I am looking
at a set of air horns (not sure if I want to go with the tank or not) that
can be found at http://www.wolo-mfg.com/truck.htm They have an
excellent selection of air horns (including Dixie) and they list Hz &
decibels. Get a nice set of 120 Decibels / 235Hz if you want reactions ;-)
Chuck Robbins
'99 Sport v6 5spd 2wd RC
http://www.members.home.com/clrobbins/dakota.htm
> I have a 99 Sport V6 RC (IB!!!) Why do the horns sound so wimpy on my
> truck? They sound like a Fiat or something.When someone cuts me off in
> traffic,I`m almost ashamed to blow the horn at `em. beep,beeeeep.I don`t
> want beep.I want HOOOOOOONK!! I disconnected the high note horn,but it
> didn`t help,really.Some horns are adjustable for pitch,but I don`t see
> any adjustments on mine.Would the horns off a Ram sound a little more
> authoritative? Not literal ram`s horns,but the truck? Thanks!!
>
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