?'s for box for 96 ford explorer

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well I am building a box for a guy at work. He has two American pro ws-9012 600 watts yea I kno they are crappy as they get but it's what he has. They are currently in a garbage band pass box. And I figured if I get em in a ported it should sound way better(or should I go sealed?). He is not looking for a heavy hitting system(lets be honest it's just not gonna happen). They are being powered by a small mtx thunder 4 channel. But anyways on to the ?'s I am planning on building it 41" wide 14" high, and 15" deep, single chamber with a 3" wide slot port. It looks to be around 3 cubes tuned at 32hz. Would this be adequate cubes for the 2 12's as the web site does not say and I can't find the info anywhere. I am thinking subs up and port back(or should I fire both back). Does this sound about right? Any ideas or suggestions? Thanx a ton guys

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[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

I would seal them, they will blow either way, but faster ported.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

lol why say they will blow? they have been going strong for years

 

[john denver 10+ year member]

sub up port back is loudest in mine id try at least 3.5 to 4 that way he can reuse the box when he gets better subs

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

well he's like 40 and i doubt he will be upgrading lol

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Sub up port back.

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

ok thanx guys. So I am correct when I assume it should sound a hell of a lot better than the band pass. I am wondering if I should go with a shared chamber or dual

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

Well i called American pro they said 1.58 cubes each and 3x8" of port. They barely spoke English, American my ***...... So I guess the 3.4 cube box wilkl be fine after disp and all it should be right at 3.1 or so

 

[on1wheel01 10+ year member]

thinking of doing the side port as on re calc. Not sure how hard the bottom port thing would be. Any diff in sound?