Outlaw & Nixxel
Outlaw
Ever tried turning a busted carburetor into a speaker? I’m thinking about reviving that old truck radio I buried in the garage. Got any ideas for making the engine hiss into a bass line?
Nixxel
Yeah, pull the carb off the truck, cut the throttle plate, and wire a 12‑volt speaker across the ports. Run the radio’s bass output straight into the carb with a 4 kΩ resistor and throw a little 10 µF capacitor in parallel to tame the hiss. Then feed that into a DIY amplifier built from an old LM386 and a neon‑lit speaker cone. When the engine revs, the carb will turn that wild exhaust drone into a growling bass line that’ll make the garage walls vibrate. Just remember to keep the radio’s power off when you’re chewing on the circuits.
Outlaw
Nice, that sounds like a real riff on the road. Just make sure you don't end up blowing the whole garage out—those neon speakers can get hot enough to melt a side window. I'll swing by and see what else we can rig up while the engine's still breathing.We followed the instructions.Sounds slick, just keep that neon glow low so you don’t fry the whole workshop. I'll drop by with a spare spark plug and see if we can crank this up to a full garage symphony.Good plan. Keep that spark plug handy; you never know when you’ll need to jolt a dead carb into life. I'll bring some fresh oil—those old engines hate dry runs. We'll see if the garage can handle the bass.