Old School RF Box Question

[arizona 10+ year member]

So my friend has an old RF Punch PCH-412. The old ones from like 94 lol. Anyway, whenever I model a box up in WinISD or BB6 I end up getting a F3 of around 59-63hz //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

This is with designs around 1.6 @ 34hz with 25 sq inch of port area. Unless I make the box like 3.5 before displacement (just to get a F3 in the mid 30's). So what am I doing wrong here? An F3 that high just doesn't make sense... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

I'm using the specs off of the RF site found here: http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/library/datasheets/pch-412_812-ts.pdf

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[ramos 5,000+ posts]

It makes perfect sense considering the sub your modeling with isn't a small enclosure sub. Subs of that era relied more on efficiency rather than brute force to get loud. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[arizona 10+ year member]

Thanks lol, I've only designed a few boxes and never worked with any old school stuff like this before. I was surprised when I saw its efficiency... guess it makes sense.

So with a box that big I am going to have to increase the port area quite a bit right?