How many deebeez am i losing?

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Apologies for the self serving usage of deebeez, i knew people would click on a post with such a lame title.

As all of you are quite aware, i'm sure, i've been on here the last few days/weeks/months *****ing about how much $$$ and time and effort i've put into trying to get these stupid l7's loud,

there was the first box, 4.5 cf net per driver, 42hz.... end result:

needless to say, things didn't work out between us...

then the second box, 4.5cf net per driver, 33hz.. just got it installed friday:

and i'm just still not getting the kind of output i expected from 2 15's.... especially disappointed with the lows compared to my type-x's....

my question is, how much output could i be losing due to the port only being 2-3 inches from the hatch? wondered if anyone has had much luck/change in output spinning an enclosure such as above ^^ around 360 degrees?

wanted to get some opinions FIRST, because it's gonna require a TON of work... the box doesn't have terminals, so i've got my amplifier mounted on the rear of the box, behind the seat, and have the 8 gauge speaker wires drilled, pulled, and caulked directly into the box:

so i don't even know what i'd do to be able to spin the box at this point, i'm almost completely out of my 50 foot spool of 0-gauge!! ^^ there's like 10 feet right there! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

i'm just getting incredibly frustrated, and trying to figure out what i'm doing wrong... if i have to start all over at this point, i'm just gonna get a pair of type-r's from best buy so i can get the warranty and just take my frustrations of all these setups and $$ down the drain out on them...... BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

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[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Bigger port

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

Yeah how much port area does that have? it looks kind of small

 

[MrSector9 10+ year member]

yeah is that little square on the bottom the port?

 

[ravendarat 10+ year member]

I have a feeling if you spin the box 360 degrees your gonna be back to where you started //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif (think about it). Now anyways, having the port on a different surface from the subs is gonna have an adverse affect on the preformance. I would rebuild the box giving each sub its own chamber and own slot port. If it still doesnt work than I suggest you refer to picture one of the original post for your next step //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I would give EACH sub ATLEAST as much port area as they are both sharing now.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

what hifonics is that?

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

u get alittle bit of that alternator wine?

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

also the distance from the hatch is dependent on your vehicle...i have found that placement of the port (where it is firing) is a major deal as well in my lil suv...eg it likes to be back from the hatch for in the area of 5 inches and likes the port hitting the bottom of the hatch

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

the first firey blaze of a box was dual chambered, each port was 2 x 17, and didn't have nearly the output of box # 2, and ya, i think it only has like 50 inches ^ 2 of port

no alternator whine, that power cable's just passing by, it's going to a redtop in the rear accessory compartment, and then to the kinetik, and THEN to the amps, there's just nowhere else to run it...

i could deal with some alternator whine if my substage didn't blow, tho

once i get a setup that sounds good, i'll worry about making it pretty, i've been through 4 boxes, and 2 different sets of sub in the last 3 months, cosmetics are FAR from the top of my priorities list

 

[Bolognablake 10+ year member]

You could probably re-use that box if you gave each sub 2-6" aero's.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

I have a feeling if you spin the box 360 degrees your gonna be back to where you started //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif (think about it).

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif i'm still not fixing it, that's exactly where my head's at at this point, night and day i'm stressing over this gigantic bogus contraption in the back of my ride....

i'll take disasters in car audio installation history for 500, alex //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

You could probably re-use that box if you gave each sub 2-6" aero's.

in addition to, or as replacement to the existing port?

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

what hifonics is that?

it's the bxi2006d...

the phyiscal size of the thing's not very satisfying.. I wish they'd add a wing, or some fake cooling tanks or something, maybe a nitrous bottle.... thing's just not very visually gratifying //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Bolognablake 10+ year member]

in addition to, or as replacement to the existing port?

Replacement.

Pull the carpet off, and block off the port.