pro box builders come in! i haz a question

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

i'm trying to meter higher in my nissan frontier and my truck peaks at 70 hz. i'm confused about the fs rating on a sub. one person told me i need a higher fs sub to meter better and someone else told me it wouldn't make that big of a difference. opinions please.

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[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

no one knows? well poop!

 

[Omg Itz Layz 10+ year member]

tune a box to 38 and it might peak around 44 and thats a great comps tone as well as daily

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

tune a box to 38 and it might peak around 44 and thats a great comps tone as well as daily

what about a box with a adjustable port?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

FS isn't everything, there are a lot of other t/s that affect how a sub will act in a high tuned box like you're wanting...a lot of it isn't necessarily predictable. You can do aeroports and just mess with lengths/tunings until you find the sweet spot. If you don't have your own meter this will take a while though.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

FS isn't everything, there are a lot of other t/s that affect how a sub will act in a high tuned box like you're wanting...a lot of it isn't necessarily predictable. You can do aeroports and just mess with lengths/tunings until you find the sweet spot. If you don't have your own meter this will take a while though.

i have access to a new tl. i just don't want to get a pair of subs and not accomplishing anything new lol.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

I've seen Soundstream SPL_X's and DC lvl4's work well with high burp frequencies...like upper 60's.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

what about the lvl 3's? i can get a pair (don't tell no one) for 350. don't think i have the power for the lvl 4's

 

[rosshimself13 10+ year member]

well first off, are you planning on competing? cuz if not tuning that high is literally retarded.. and if you are competing since you have a pickup why not a blowthrough?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

^^^Maybe he doesn't want to go that big and spend a lot of money on the setup? That's the only reason I can assume he hasn't brought it up yet.

Assuming he has a Frontier, he can "easily" hit 150 outlaw, and not spend a ton doing it...it's just all in the box and sub/port aiming to get the most out of it.

OP, what are you metering at right now? What's your current setup like?

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

^^^Maybe he doesn't want to go that big and spend a lot of money on the setup? That's the only reason I can assume he hasn't brought it up yet.
Assuming he has a Frontier, he can "easily" hit 150 outlaw, and not spend a ton doing it...it's just all in the box and sub/port aiming to get the most out of it.

OP, what are you metering at right now? What's your current setup like?

yeah i don't want to cut on my truck lol. i just want to stay in the 251-500. i am now thinking of going with 3 12's. i'm currently hitting a 45.6 on music and a 48.4 in the spl port on 2 brutus square 12's on 1500 watts. i since sold the 12's though. this was outlaw in the kick

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Having a high tuned box is like dropping a pinto motor in a vette IMO

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Having a high tuned box is like dropping a pinto motor in a vette IMO

Anything goes if you're trying to win. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Not tuning high, when you peak that high, is just plain dumb and hurting your score.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

yeah i don't want to cut on my truck lol. i just want to stay in the 251-500. i am now thinking of going with 3 12's. i'm currently hitting a 45.6 on music and a 48.4 in the spl port on 2 brutus square 12's on 1500 watts. i since sold the 12's though. this was outlaw in the kick

Sub/port orientation?

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

Sub/port orientation?

subs facing up on pass side and port up behind driver