Light weight SPL setup

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

Hi all,

As you can tell by my sig, I used to have a pretty good system in my Grand prix. I beleive I did a best of 141.2 on a termlab. I currently have two cars.

1) Daily driver- 2011 Scion TC - 1 12'' Type-R, ZX750.1, Audioenhancers box, best of 138.6 on the term.

2) G8 - did 135ish with a 12'' L7 and the same amp.

The g8 is my weekend car, I have some performance/visual mods done to it, I dont drive it in the winter, I like to take it to the drag strip, and most importantly, shows.

As long as I have been doing audio I have used a single 12'' setup. Here is what I want to accomplish.

The G8 is lacking in the audio area. I have nothing as of now. I would like to do a nice trunk setup, something squared off, that sounds good, and gets loud. I would like to do this with as little sub as possible, 1 12, 2 10''s, etc. I have the following dimensions for a box:

47 wide, 16'' high 16'' deep. I am also using the factory headunit and a cheapo line out converter. Amp, I will probably use a sundown audio, or a kicker ZX..something in the 1500WRMS range. What does everyone think. I would like to be able to do a 140 in this car....without adding too much weight. Of course, the box is removable..

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[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

140 isnt very hard to achieve with a single woofer.

 

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

I'm just not sure whats good for subs anymore, who to design me a box, etc...

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

im going to break 150 next year with a single 15....

its all in the tuning..

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

im going to break 150 next year with a single 15....its all in the tuning..

good luck. its not so easy i found out. a lot of tuning involved

 

[Dirtrider4eva 10+ year member]

thank you sir.

i started at a 146.5 with out any tuning what so ever.

i have close to a 20 item check list i have to do and im hoping i can break it.

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

thank you sir.i started at a 146.5 with out any tuning what so ever.

i have close to a 20 item check list i have to do and im hoping i can break it.

well at least your off to the right start.

 

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

thats awesome..congrats. Anyways, back to subject..

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

What is lightweight to you?

Are you trying to get loud on music or tones?

Are you trying to compete with this?

 

[Flastrongman 10+ year member]

11 ply birch and a Btl N2 should get nasty with very little weight.

 

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

What is lightweight to you?
Are you trying to get loud on music or tones?

Are you trying to compete with this?

I'd like to be loud on both. Like I said, If I had a setup that can do a 140, and still sound great, thats good enough for me. Heavy..weight..hmm..Maybe like..less then 75lb..

 

[UnderFire 10+ year member]

Maybe a DC Level 4?

 

[Linkz 10+ year member]

sa12 in 2cuft tuned in the mid/low 30's

 

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

I really appreciate the feedback from everyone on here..keep the suggestions coming!

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Maybe a DC Level 4?

That is not light weight! However a DC neo would be....