can my subs hit harder than this?

[PlymouthScamp71 10+ year member]

Hey guys I'm 15 about to turn 16 I own a 1971 Plymouth Scamp with 2 12" rockford fosgate HE subs 1000 watt amp and I have my sub tuner on 15 bass boost on 2 and I have a knob to adjust my bass up front turned up all the way... but I still think my subs can hit harder than this.. if you could please check my video on youtube and give me some sugestions, just nothing negative please?

My 1971 Plymouth Scamp with SUBS! (name of video on youtube)

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[goingdef 10+ year member]

man I had the same subs up until week before last and they are not seeing full power! It may be your HU pre outs are very low, when I first bought my car it had a cheap HU in it and my RF T1000.1 would not get loud due to the low voltage on the pre-outs.

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

What size box is it?

What amp is it? Do you have good electrical on it? What is the ohm load to the amp?

I would for sure turn the box around, facing the rear, and you could probably use a ported box to gain a lot.

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

What size box is it?What amp is it? Do you have good electrical on it? What is the ohm load to the amp?

I would for sure turn the box around, facing the rear, and you could probably use a ported box to gain a lot.

is he sealed atm?

 

[Germ305 10+ year member]

What size box is it?What amp is it? Do you have good electrical on it? What is the ohm load to the amp?

I would for sure turn the box around, facing the rear, and you could probably use a ported box to gain a lot.

This. What you are running as far as electrical would be a nice starting point for us to help you.

 

[globalminds_ent 10+ year member]

more info

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

is he sealed atm?

It looked like it. Video is dark.

 

[Germ305 10+ year member]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6TFrSA68ro

Unless it is ported out of the side...im gonna say sealed.

 

[PlymouthScamp71 10+ year member]

all I know is its ran off the origanl battery with 55 amp alternator, box is sealed idk the size and the power cable runs strait to the battery but I'm also powering 2 6x9"s 2 4" and a kenwood aftermaket radio, also I was wondering, I know I need a bigger alternator cause after maybe 10 minutes it drains the battery and powers off the amp so would a 78 amp alternator do? theres only a 6cyl and I'm not planning on adding to my system... mainly cause my dad didn't know I had this all put in my car lol

 

[PlymouthScamp71 10+ year member]

also if it would help should I make a new video tomorrow and go over everything I did?

 

[Germ305 10+ year member]

A decent battery up front perhaps a 2nd battery,the big 3, and a ported enclosure built to spec will yield some great results.

 

[PlymouthScamp71 10+ year member]

how would I hook a second battery? cause wouldn't that draw more power that my alternator has to replace?

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

how would I hook a second battery? cause wouldn't that draw more power that my alternator has to replace?

yep unless you do a true high output amp do not do a second battery.

 

[PlymouthScamp71 10+ year member]

I'm thinking about just doing a bigger alternator and doing the box idea rather not because the box was... a really pretty penny..

 

[goingdef 10+ year member]

I'm thinking about just doing a bigger alternator and doing the box idea rather not because the box was... a really pretty penny..

boxes are a dime a dozen when you learn to build them and as far as tools a good saw a few clamps and a straight edge a tape and some patience! this was about 80.00 bucks and took 8hrs.