Box facing direction in a hatch, aero help

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Hm. More to think about.
Problem with more is that the more you add, the longer they have to be to get the right tuning. I hit a point where it can't be a single straight aero any more.

A possible mix solution could be a 4cu box with a single 6" aero, which would need to be ~14" long. Would that be adequate?

Thats about what i have right now, my box might be like .2 smaller but i dont know exactly what it is. Does good for me.

 

[SomeGuyDude 10+ year member]

Yeah I'm thinking I'll buy a 6" aero from Partsexpress and throw that in there. Yeah it's about $30 but at least I can mess with the length if I think something's not working right.

Not QUITE sure how to calculate the exact volume, but I think that's fairly irrelevant, it's a pretty small waver one way or the other. Just make the box somewhere around 4.5 and the port about 12-13 long and if something sounds fishy I can readjust it.

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

how you doin dude?

 

[SomeGuyDude 10+ year member]

I think now I've got my dimensions and port pretty much settled. I did a boatload of re-measuring as you can see above. Getting a 4.5cu box with a 6x12" aero (and a tuning of 31-32Hz) would be pretty easy pie. Would give me a good 3-4" of clearance, which I could fiddle with. If that isn't enough clearance, I can just cut a few inches off the sides and make it an inch or two taller (again, I can get it something like 18" deep and 19" tall).

Lotta possibilities here with the aeros. It gives me a lot more flexibility.

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

quick tip make a template of side of box dims out of cardboard then you will kno if clearance is good

 

[SomeGuyDude 10+ year member]

LOL! That's such a completely logical piece of advice I can't believe it never occured to me.

It's gonna be a while before I actually get the sub, right now I'm pretty sold on a DC Lv4 or a Death Row, so saving up for the thing will take some time. Might not even happen before the end of the year.

I have one amp, ordered another, need to get the HU and comps first. My plan is to have every single piece of equipment ready and then go to the shop and have them install everything at once, plus a Big3 upgrade and maybe a new battery. That way there's no need to pull things out more than once.