by outputs im thinking you mean the ##'s in my sig.
yesterday i got a new box done by JBM's friend AJ from jacksonville/georgia. he hosted a show not to long ago and there was a thread in a section on here about it.
he had a TL and he metered it after he did the box.
sealed up mic on dash by suction cups, did a bunch of tones to find peak, but i didnt realize bass was on 0 instead of +3, so i was only doing like 37-39 on diff tones. then after about 6-7tones played for 30seconds a piece im like let me play that country song, so i found out bass was down, then turned it up and did low 40.xx. then did the 45hz and did high 39.xx. so after all those tones, still doing around a 39-40 on that alan jackson, im happy, even tho i expected more.
car peaks at 43-44hz
but for a stock HU im pleased, i think with a good HU i can get 42-43.
and yea when i set my gain i played the tone, turned gain till i heard distortion then turned down a little. and didnt smell a thing after.
P.S. just driving around and bumpin with new box, its frickin amazing!