Do I have enough space?

[Peter_O]

I'm not great with math and need to know if I have enough room in my single cab truck.

The sub is a 15' Kicker CVR dual voice coil 4 ohm

I need a truck box design and this is what I have for space...

13" at the bottom

7' at the top

16.5" tall...from floor to the top of the box

34" wide

Do I have enough space? If so would I want a ported or sealed box?

Thanks!

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[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

That would be okay for a sealed box. 2.4 cubes gross.

 

[C1500martin 10+ year member]

what single cab truck do you have?

 

[Peter_O]

It's a 2010 Ram 1500, if I wasn't 6' 5" I would have a lot more!

 

[Peter_O]

Got the box built and installed, It sounded pretty good for about 10 minutes then sub channel on that POS amp died.

This is what I started with...it sounded great in that box!



This was a test fit, it wasn't glued and screwed yet.



Installed

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Box looks good, but too bad about the amp. Newer soundstream is not like the old stuff. The mono I bought new got really hot

 

[Peter_O]

Yea I had an old one years ago and I liked it so I didn't hesitate to buy this one. Second day I had it ch2 stated sounding bad, two weeks later the sub channel is gone. I didn't want to run two amps but looks like I'll have to. I have a Fosgate 1200.1, now I'll have to get something for the doors and dash.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Yea I had an old one years ago and I liked it so I didn't hesitate to buy this one. Second day I had it ch2 stated sounding bad, two weeks later the sub channel is gone. I didn't want to run two amps but looks like I'll have to. I have a Fosgate 1200.1, now I'll have to get something for the doors and dash.

Yeah, that brand name was bought out and is now pretty bottom of the barrel Chinese junk. Definitely not like the old days. Oh, and FYI, almost every other brand that was good in that era is now basically the same Chinese junk with a different logo on it.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Yea I had an old one years ago and I liked it so I didn't hesitate to buy this one. Second day I had it ch2 stated sounding bad, two weeks later the sub channel is gone. I didn't want to run two amps but looks like I'll have to. I have a Fosgate 1200.1, now I'll have to get something for the doors and dash.

I had good luck with my rubicon amp (2500d) a while back. Was a bit power hungry but it ran the sub well and it wasn't too expensive. Though you'd be best to just get a used amp if you're not looking to spend much. Used = more power & better quality for nearly the same price as a new but cheaply built amp.