Building My Own Enclosure For HDC315

[sml238 10+ year member]

Ok so I'm building my box for my HDC315 to go in my Dodge Dakota ext cab. I mostly designed this box along with some help from pioneer and mike456.

Today I went to home depot and got 1 sheet of MDF, and then a small sheet of MDF, along with some Tight Bond II, Silicone, 1 5/8 self tapping dry wall screws, primer, and flat black paint. The total came to 35 bucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. The guy only scanned the small $8 sheet of MDF, so I got the $30 one for free //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

Anyways here's my design. I will begin building tomorrow or Sunday. I have most of the sides already cut out.

Specs

Net Cubic Feet: 3.8cu/ft

Tuning: 36.5hz

Port: 67.5sq"

Dimensions

17.25h (Including the double baffle.) x 41w x 16.5d (Top of box where sub will be mounted.)

Port Dimensions

w = 4.5"

h = 15"

l1 = 9.75"

l2 = 8"

Cut Sheet *Inches

Front Plate: 41 x 15

Back Plate: 41 x 15

Top Plate 2x: 41 x 16.5 (Double baffle)

Bottom Plate: 41 x 16.5

Right Plate: 15 x 15

Left Plate: 15 x 15

Port L1: 9.75 x 15

Port L2: 8x15

Angle Cuts 3x: 45 degree small triangles (For smooth port)

Box Plan

Click to read more...

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

Is this your first box?

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

Nicely done - the price is right!

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

The angle in the port needs to be bigger. Make it so that the distance from the inside corner to the 45* piece is the same as the normal width of the port.

 

[sml238 10+ year member]

Yeah the price was right! And yes this is my first box but I have OCD kinda so I'm sure it will come out real well.

Edit: RyanM - Will do, thanks for the input. Oh and will putting that angle make the tuning diff?

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

Looking good, start posting up some pics.

 

[sml238 10+ year member]

Looking good, start posting up some pics.

Will do tm or Sunday. I might not have too too many pics in the building process maybe 2, but then ill have a couple of the finish product as well and then maybe another 1 or 2 after i paint it.

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Yeah the price was right! And yes this is my first box but I have OCD kinda so I'm sure it will come out real well.
Edit: RyanM - Will do, thanks for the input. Oh and will putting that angle make the tuning diff?

No doing that will keep the tuning correct.

 

[basshedz06 10+ year member]

looks to bee good man good luck an take your time an remeber bro measure a zillion times but cut once, cause once its cut thats it lol (i should know i have done it a million times) i only wish i could get that lucky with the home depot thing only 35bucks for all that shit man my bill is like almost 70

 

[Notloud00 10+ year member]

i still woulda went with sub forward port side.

 

[sml238 10+ year member]

lol yeah i lucked out for the price //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. and idk i think ill be happy with the port and sub facing up in a truck. because my last setup was port to the side and my setup before that was ports up. i felt a lot more bass from the port being up.

 

[MotoRacer243 10+ year member]

Nice looking box. It reminds me of the last one I built for my s-10, I had sub and port up and liked it the best in my truck.

 

[sml238 10+ year member]

Nice looking box. It reminds me of the last one I built for my s-10, I had sub and port up and liked it the best in my truck.

yeah when u have the sub/port not facing up in a truck it seems like the sound gets muffled and the air movement as well. when i had subs up port up ppl couldnt even try to light cigs if i had the bass up not with the port to the side i had much less air movement.

im just waiting for my hdc to get here! that and i need to buy an alt and wiring for the big 3. anyone know where i can get a 200amp alt for a 2000 dodge dakota?