Camaro worklog, 4 12" Memphis subwoofers in the hatch. ***56k beware***

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

Hey i just finished the install for my camaro, here is the log.

This box is around 5-5.2 cubic feet, havent had the time to do the math.

Yea. once i get a job im gona be doing 9 12" subs in the hatch off of a hifonics XX-Thor. The box is going to extend all the way into the well and onto the back seat. Its gona be rediculous. And dont say i wont have enough room because i will. Each sub will see around 1.1 cubic feet once i make it.I prolly wont start this project for a while though, but once i do its going to be insane.

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[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

how does it sound?

 

[jblanford 10+ year member]

wait...you're saying you can fit 9 12"s in that hatch //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

yes 9 of them. it sounds great. score wasnt too bad. 145.3 off of 1000 watt memphis PR amp.

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

im prolly going to do 3 amps, 1 on each sub isntead of 1 big one -- 1.34 ohm load.

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

nice box, looks clean

 

[RipDaJacka]

I was gonna reccomend 3 amps.. Looks nice

 

[CobaltKicker 10+ year member]

Looks good man, My boy did 12 12s in his camaro, and ****, sh1t was nutz!!!!!!!!

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

is it the picture or does the vinyl have alot of wrinkles in it?

 

[RipDaJacka]

im sure its wrinkled.. my 1st box was covered in vinyl and wrinkled like that.. I re did it and used a hair dryer to heat it and stretch it tigh and fixed the prob...easy fix, but more than a 1 person job

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

cool ill try that next time for my box.

yea its got alot of wrinkles in it. its my second box that ive ever made and first one that ive covered with vinyl.

 

[RipDaJacka]

I prefer paint.. It just seems easier to me.. I have done vinyl too.. Next im doing fiberglass... I **** at woodwork btw

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

yea i painted the bottom and sides of the box and vinyl'd the top.

 

[kicker06 10+ year member]

Your a tard if you do 9 12's. Have fun with some ****ed up ohm load

Ohnoez...if the amps doesn't see a whole ohm load, it wont workz!

kids...

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

vids?

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

dont have any yet. if i got time tommorow ill make one. the entire dash moves when it hits the lows. Hopefully my camera can catch it.

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

Nice install. I love Memphis equipment. Owned quite a bit of their stuff and was ver pleased with it. Although I'd rather have the MClass subs, the new PR line looks a million times better than the old stuff. I'll be interested to see how you shove 9 12s in there though. I'd say pick up something like an IA 20.1, get all SVC woofers, and wire down to a .443 ohm load. Set the gains for roughly 2250 watts at that imnpedence and you should be good to go. Just make sure you give the amp plenty of room for ventilation and maybe add some 12v fans to keep temps down. Shouldn't have any problem running the IA at .5 ohms, and your final load shouldn't be far off from that after "box rise" or whatever the correct term is.

Oh, and make sure you have proper electrical upgrades too.

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

true. my friend had 2 15" Mclasses in a sealed box, he hit 143.8 off the 1000 PR amp, they sounded really nice. Then he went PRs and a ported box and did 144.XX. I think he should of just made a new box for the MClasses.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

145.3 isnt bad at all for 1000w man...sweet.

 

[J_Shiff 10+ year member]

yea. i wish i had a better/bigger amp, this one is probably only pushing 800 watts.