Have questions about new setup.

[Dbzforlife]

So to make this as short and straight forward as possible I'm building a system in my Dodge ram crew cab. I'm putting in a single 10 w7 powered by a jl 500.1 v1. I have a custom box made that's 1.78 net tuned to 35hz. The sub is up fired with the port facing the driver and passanger. The box will sit ontop of the back seats. My questions are..

1.) What kind of output could I expect with this setup?

2.) Wouldn't there be a better positioning method for the box?

3.) Would I be able to feel the bass with this setup?

Thanks for the help guys!

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[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

1. It's a 10 on 500 watts. Don't expect much but it won't be bad

2. Trial and error

3. I would hope so

 

[Dbzforlife]

1. It's a 10 on 500 watts. Don't expect much but it won't be bad2. Trial and error

3. I would hope so

Appreciate the response, do you think those enclosures specs are good for that particular driver?

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Would need more details about it like port area but it should be fine

 

[BCotrell]

I had 500 watts on each w7 when I owned some. They were pretty underpowered. Bigger amp would be ideal. Is your w7 a dual 3 ohm version?

 

[Dbzforlife]

I had 500 watts on each w7 when I owned some. They were pretty underpowered. Bigger amp would be ideal. Is your w7 a dual 3 ohm version?

Single 3 ohm

 

[Dbzforlife]

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

 

[BCotrell]

Larger amp = optimizes sub and currently proposed box

Sell w7 = get sub that performs better on 500 watts, allows you to match impedance of current amp (maximizing amp

Output potential) and might gain you the extra cash to fund the enclosure...well part of it .

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Or keep the amp and build a T line enclosure. 500 watts whould be plenty with an efficient box. Sub and port face rear instead.

 

[BCotrell]

**** u t-line guys. I haven't fully planned my next enclosure yet but I've got total fomo if I don't consider t-line.

 

[Dbzforlife]

@jeff true I could always try a T-line enclosure, what kind of output (db?) could I expect from a standard ported enclosure? (Specs given in first post)

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

[quote name='Dbzforlife']@jeff true I could always try a T-line enclosure, what kind of output (db?) could I expect from a standard ported enclosure? (Specs given in first post)[/QUOTE]

might hit a solid 130 db

 

[Dbzforlife]

might hit a solid 130 db

How loud is 130db? Is it enough to be heard coming down the street? Not that that's important to me but I had a sundown x10 on a saz1500. My neighbor told me he could hear me from down the street but in my scion tc (before it was totalled) it didn't sound loud at all. I guess that might have been because of the box it was in? Was supposible made just from that sub from fatboxusa..

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

How loud is 130db? Is it enough to be heard coming down the street? Not that that's important to me but I had a sundown x10 on a saz1500. My neighbor told me he could hear me from down the street but in my scion tc (before it was totalled) it didn't sound loud at all. I guess that might have been because of the box it was in? Was supposible made just from that sub from fatboxusa..

Not anywhere close to that level that would have been high 130s to 140db

 

[Dbzforlife]

Not anywhere close to that level that would have been high 130s to 140db

I see, we'll at least it should sound clean though.