Down-fire in a drunk

[chawski 10+ year member]

Im thinking of changing some things up in my car. Currently have 2 Kenwood 10s (not sure the model, probably about 6ish years old) in a sealed box built to Kenwood spec's. Im thinking about building new box and going ported this time. I have a downfiring sub in my home theatre and LOVE the sound of it. I was thinking about giving this a shot in my car, but wanted some opinions first. Does it usually work well, or am I better off just going back facing, maybe ports up? I see a lot of people doing them in truck cabs, but I am dealing with a trunk, so not sure how that would affect things. This is purely a daily driver, not looking for any rediculous numbers. Also thinking about dropping to just 1 sub, in the interest of space. Any thoughts on comparison of 2 10s sealed vs 1 10 ported?

Thanks!

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[dumple 5,000+ posts]

thread title made me want so much more :-(

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Never downfire into a drunk, it just makes the drunk mad.

 

[Heavylifter 10+ year member]

I had a setup with 2 downfiring 15's in a trunk setup that sounded awesome.

Remove the spare tire and everything and have the box fire down over the spare tire well into that hole. It will create a loading area of some sorts and sound good on the low notes.

 

[chawski 10+ year member]

Ha damnit, im not even drunk and I spell trunk wrong haha. I guess you know where my mind is. happy 4th haha

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

don't do it imo, you already have deficiencies being in a trunk, don't make your life even harder having to deal with the obstacles of downfiring too

 

[chawski 10+ year member]

cool thanks for the advice. With the sub(s) facing backward, port up or backward likely better?