SA 8 v2 under truck bed

[BahDunkAdunk 10+ year member]

So I'm in a dilemma because I don't think both my sa8v2s subs will fit under my truck seat. The car is an Explorer Sport Track (so the truck). I have a shallow mount 12 inch sub right now and I'm sure the sundowns will sound much better but I'm afraid one won't be as loud as my 12 which is running on 350 watts rms. Do you think one will have a notable drop of output if I'm running it on about 750 watts rms?

I'm planning on building a box for it around .65 net cubic feet and tuned to like 33 or so hz...

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[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Probably not by a lot... Id say around equal if done right...

 

[BahDunkAdunk 10+ year member]

Okay well would it be better to run one in a optimal ported enclosure or fit 2 in a sealed box? I think I read somewhere that jacob said the sa 8 v2s weren't designed for sealed boxes and it wouldn't sound right but I'm curious...

 

[04murdalanche]

can easily do a blowthrough in a sport trac, don't know if your wanting to do something like that but itll give you the extra room you need.

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

They are pretty well suited for both but a single ported is what I would do... If you can fire the box in the right direction...

 

[BahDunkAdunk 10+ year member]

I don't know what a blow through is...and so sealed it should still sound good? If so I may do 2 sealed...

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

I don't know what a blow through is...and so sealed it should still sound good? If so I may do 2 sealed...

Well how much space do you have exactly?

 

[The_Grimy_One 10+ year member]

Jacob himself said that the V2s are not meant to be ran in sealed... With that being said, I would not run them sealed. I think one in an optimal box would surprise you over your shallow mount 12. They dont require much air space, however, so maybe you could squeeze both of them somewhere. They can run in about .6 cubes.

 

[BahDunkAdunk 10+ year member]

Not sure right now cause my car is at my friends but I think its around 10 inches max height, no more than a foot deep and then I think around 18 inches wide max...if I wanted to do 2 I think I would have to extend the box underneath the other side of the bench cause there is a big hum in the middle that doesn't allow a box...