Ford Explorers and SPL?

[BlurredVision 10+ year member]

second reason is that it is all mostly plastic panels in the trunk of that car, which prevents sound absorption.

This is what I dislike about the truck. I think its very loud interiorly. I know Expeditions have thick panelings, I guess, causing the lower bass.

 

[Crimson Boom 10+ year member]

I think those big tubes arent ports, just something being transported

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

i'll have to agree, my two 15's in a sealed box sounds way beter than it did n my honda accord. i also have a 1998 ford exploree with the 4.0 sohc. The bass sounds louder and the sq is much better too

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

2nd gen explorers have tremendous potential. very little is published anywhere on how to make them loud. they are a unmapped area needing experimentation.

crx's have been tested thoroughly many of times. there are only 3 people that have done thorough testing in explorers. (and of course they tend to keep quiet). as for walling explorers... the only successful one was a bassrace 149 system, but its goal wasnt to burp loud. explorers potential lies in its street boxes, not walls. there are many other vehicles that have been proven already to work well with walls.

exploders excel in street applications with larger amounts of cone area. taking a single 12 it is hard to break 150. while in other vehicles, it is easy. with more cone area (like 2 12's or 2 15's or 4 12's) they will get loud. in my explorer i found doubling cone area with the same power to each woofer yields about 4 db.

a note. the roof brace is a problem. anything over 152 db legal at the resonant frequency i would recommend reinforcing it. (of course look into your organizations rule book). from what i have been told, a broken roof brace will decrease your score up to 2 dbs.

burp explorers are very fun to play around with. most of the time my burp systems could always be wired to a stable ohm load and played daily. with 4 12's i can play music about 6 db quieter than my burp score. (take this is with 2 batteries and a stock alternator.)

i hope more people spend the time to make these things loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

I can't explain the why and really could care less. All that matters to me is that it does. That's the sole reason I bought my Explorer cause I'm not a Ford guy. Didn't know about the roof brace thing. I'm gonna have to check that out.

 

[HCCA 10+ year member]

2nd gen explorers have tremendous potential. very little is published anywhere on how to make them loud. they are a unmapped area needing experimentation.crx's have been tested thoroughly many of times. there are only 3 people that have done thorough testing in explorers. (and of course they tend to keep quiet). as for walling explorers... the only successful one was a bassrace 149 system, but its goal wasnt to burp loud. explorers potential lies in its street boxes, not walls. there are many other vehicles that have been proven already to work well with walls.

exploders excel in street applications with larger amounts of cone area. taking a single 12 it is hard to break 150. while in other vehicles, it is easy. with more cone area (like 2 12's or 2 15's or 4 12's) they will get loud. in my explorer i found doubling cone area with the same power to each woofer yields about 4 db.

a note. the roof brace is a problem. anything over 152 db legal at the resonant frequency i would recommend reinforcing it. (of course look into your organizations rule book). from what i have been told, a broken roof brace will decrease your score up to 2 dbs.

burp explorers are very fun to play around with. most of the time my burp systems could always be wired to a stable ohm load and played daily. with 4 12's i can play music about 6 db quieter than my burp score. (take this is with 2 batteries and a stock alternator.)

i hope more people spend the time to make these things loud //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'm getting started on mine. I should begin as soon as my alt shows up! 2-1300Wamp, and a single JBL GTi sub. OR, IDK...maybe two!

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

why wouldnt you be able to mount a second alternator over on the drivers side, looks like theres plenty of room there?

 

[jvk5o1 10+ year member]

if you go with memphis 4k make sure you have enough power dont let it drop below 10volts it will fry and be a waste. but 4 mojo 12s or alphasonik mayhems would do the trick.

ive helped build 6 hpo 12s on 5 st1100s and by the box and back corners was hitting high 150s-low 160s. the dash high 140s- mid 150s. 4batts, 1-220amp alt. w/adjustment knob.