07 lucerne + 2 type R's

[noble brown]

im about to build my box for two 12" type r's in a 07 lucerne. settled on a 3.5 cu ft @ 32hz. just curious if anyone has any experience here on what will work best in this build: speakers up ported back, speakers front and port back or both to the back. thx

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[Fattony911 10+ year member]

depends on the resonant frequency of your vehicle mostly.Different people prefer different applications.

 

[noble brown]

yeah i can dig it just wondering if anyone had build specific experience.

 

[black05alti]

I'd probably go with subs and port facing back or subs forward and port side.

 

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

subs/port back is always good subs up port back is madness imo never cared for subs up and port up unless in a hatchback..

 

[black05alti]

subs/port back is always good subs up port back is madness imo never cared for subs up and port up unless in a hatchback..

Your avatar is subs up and port back though lol

 

[Fattony911 10+ year member]

Your avatar is subs up and port back though lol

Madness in a good way i mean //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[black05alti]

Madness in a good way i mean //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

True lol

 

[noble brown]

up and port back. yep, i like madness. thanx

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

i've built probably over 40 boxes for the 12" type R. the box will perform if it is bigger. 2 cubes per sub if running lots of power (like a 1000rms or more) and 2.5 cubes if running less power. tune it to 34Hz. use a single 4" flared port per sub. on paper this isn't enough surface area but the type R's like it this way. for the two speakers you could also run a single 6"-- more expensive but generally a 6" outperforms 2x 4".

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

i've built probably over 40 boxes for the 12" type R. the box will perform if it is bigger. 2 cubes per sub if running lots of power (like a 1000rms or more) and 2.5 cubes if running less power. tune it to 34Hz. use a single 4" flared port per sub. on paper this isn't enough surface area but the type R's like it this way. for the two speakers you could also run a single 6"-- more expensive but generally a 6" outperforms 2x 4".

I agree with everything, except tuning. They do like 2-2.5 cubes. I like mine tuned to 32, but I've seen 30-36 work well actually.

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

I agree with everything, except tuning. They do like 2-2.5 cubes. I like mine tuned to 32, but I've seen 30-36 work well actually.

it is a matter of preference of course. 34Hz seems to be a good balance between playing loud and getting low.

 

[noble brown]

so i built a pretty standard 2.2 slot ported box. speakers up and port to the back ( i have a autoCAD 3D file of it but cant figure out how to convert file to post) and it made a world of difference. at specs these 12s were suffocating.

 

[black05alti]

so i built a pretty standard 2.2 slot ported box. speakers up and port to the back ( i have a autoCAD 3D file of it but cant figure out how to convert file to post) and it made a world of difference. at specs these 12s were suffocating.

You only made the box 2.2 cubes for 2 12s? That's way too small for a ported box. It should be 2.2 cubes for each sub

 

[noble brown]

** that was a typo. its 4.2.