Train horn in satty project.

sifon187 · 06-17-2005, 09:08 PM

I motioned doing this in a previous post a few months ago as a joke. I am now seriously thinking of doing this. I am so tired of getting cut off, or getting stuck behind an old lady doing 20mph below the speed limit, and letting my anger off with my horn, but my horn is a bit of a pussy. So now with a train horn, those mofoâs will think twice about messing with my car. Iâve been doing some research. A kit will run me around 200.00, but im hoping to put something together with mixed parts for a bit cheaper. I hope I donât make some one crash though. Watch out world, soon to come, the saturn train

my99sl1 · 06-17-2005, 09:12 PM

go to your nearest walmart, autozone, pepboys and get a kit cheaper than that

they would run no more than $50 and they are loud as hell

sifon187 · 06-17-2005, 09:31 PM

didnt even to think about going to walmart, im going to the sav ill check the stores out there. im grinning just thinking about how much fun itll be to see the looks on those peoples faces.

PurdueGuy · 06-17-2005, 09:33 PM

are you trying to do literal train horn, just an air horn, or just a loud horn? Most train horns have like a 3 mile radius or more. While it sounds fun, it's probably overkill to the point of danger. It'd also be nice not to have to supply compressed air, I'm sure.

vms150 · 06-17-2005, 11:36 PM

www.jcwhitney.com has some kits

GoldieGoldie97 · 06-18-2005, 02:43 AM

hey, where's our horn located?

i wanted to get one of those neat mexican style horns that plays 'do do DE DA DE DOOOO da da de da do' really loud, and maybe put a big set of cow horns on the front and wear a cowboy hat.

no, but seriously, i wanted to put a better horn on also

sifon187 · 06-18-2005, 03:15 AM

well a train horn prolly would be over kill, but i want a good loud horn, i was thinking of going into a junkyard and scraping some parts from an old semi

Coldsolderjoint · 06-18-2005, 04:41 AM

ok, heres what i know..

goldie, the stock horn is located on the drivers side in the front, kinda like under the fuse box, pull the wheel liner off to get to it

those $30 kits from pepoys that include like two plastic horns and an electric "compressor" that hooks directly to the horns via clear plastic tubing arent worth it.. they sound like your in a freaking clown car.. hell, i have two of them lying around here, if anyone is interested, ill sell them cheap, like $5 plus shipping

the electric "compressor" is just a small air pump and turns on when you hit the switch.. yes, they are loud, but they sound like $hit..

big rigs also use compressed air, but they have a big air tank and an engine mounted compressor which pumps air when the pressure in the tank falls below a certain PSI level.. basically.. think of an air compressor used to run an impact wrench.. same sorta deal.. they have big/more expensive horns that are tuned to have a really deep growl and are usually $200 or more just for the horns.. but i think the real difference is caused by the sudden high pressure blast of air from the tank..

as far as i know, the big rigs also use the air for brakes and many trucks have an auxillary hose for filling up tires (or air matteresses, or pool rafts :P and the like)

so.. your biggest problems is going to be

1. cost.. expensive for a nice system
2. size.. its going to be alittle difficult to mount huge horns under your hood, and where to put the tank? the logical place is the trunk, but then you loost valuable cargo room
3. power to the compressor? im not sure if its possible to get a decent electric compressor that will work nicely with such a system, (im assuming you DONT want to hook it to your engine)

but, i would really like to see pics/audio clips of this system if you get it up and running, and if you are/were anywhere near me, id be happy to lend a hand in setting it up..

and on the plus side, you can always run the auxillary air hose out to fill up the tires or a kiddy pool

E-DUBB · 06-21-2005, 09:31 PM

Funny...............I was thinking about getting a train horn installed for an Alarm. A friend of mine was telling me about an compressor that fills up thru the Exhuast System..............something like that. That would be Nice.

SL2 · 06-22-2005, 01:26 AM

some guy from z1077 did that. u can look for it.. z1077.com