Single 12" in ext cab s-10

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

Your sub is firing right into the port opening.

no port pas sub drivers. it works best for numbers and even sound. never have i had the port that close to the sub i usually use aeros.

Wh1teboy- did you use one of the computer program to design that box? the reas im asking is because i want to build something similar but i dont want to do the math to figure out the interior volume if the box.

i tossed it into torres for him

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

Hopefully get it finished up tomorrow afternoon, this week has been terrible busy. Been home for about 3 hours all week, at least waking hours.

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

no port pas sub drivers. it works best for numbers and even sound. never have i had the port that close to the sub i usually use aeros. i tossed it into torres for him

what?

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

what?

i read your quote wrong i guess. thought you were questioning the positioning of the port and sub. i didnt do this design fully or i woulda went another route...

 

[CBeck 10+ year member]

2 things, first: nice work, second: lucky kid, wish somebody gave me stereo stuff haha

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

2 things, first: nice work, second: lucky kid, wish somebody gave me stereo stuff haha

I didn't really give him anything, he bought the sub and will have to buy an amp or buy that one from me. I guess the wire but I had that laying around.

All three of my kids work during the summer, it is about a solid month of work, no days off, around 6-7 hour days in the field. They aren't home yet today so it has been almost 10 hours. It is called detassling, basically pull the tassle off all the female corn in a field of seed corn. They start the year they are 12 as of Jan 1st.

 

[CBeck 10+ year member]

good stuff!

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

I was going to put a couple of window braces in where btw the baffle and port wall(again see red lines), but I screwed up and put the back on so now I can't get to the port wall to attach the braces to it. What should I do, not worry about bracing, just nail where I can and use only glue where I can't nail?

 

[travicles 10+ year member]

You really don't need any bracing for this particular application. The port already provides enough bracing.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

I am a afraid of the baffle flexing.

 

[travicles 10+ year member]

Hmmm you will be fine since you're only running 400 watts. If it is really going to bother you though, you can just use a wooden dowel or two.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

He is running like 2000 watts.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

Some more box build pics.

Did end up putting in a brace btw the baffle and the port wall. Router ed the edges of the openings. I'm sure overkill and a waste of time, but oh well. I figured between nailing three edges and a couple nails in the fourth it should do a little something.

45s in all the corners.

5/16 brass ready rod for through box wiring.

Got the top on

Ran the router over every edge of the box.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

Made a piece to mount the amp and fuse holder to. It isn't screwed down or anything but it doesn't seem to want to move around. Cleaned up the wiring a little. 2 feet of 8awg short of getting it done today.

Put a couple of pieces on the bottom to raise it up a little to put a little space btw the amp and the box.

 

[husker77 10+ year member]

All done, except for finishing the box, gonna try it for a while and see how it is. I don't know it doesn't sound quite right to me, but I haven't really listened to a good stereo in a while. It is a lot louder, and sounds better than the prefab box it was in. I might run by the local shop and have a couple guys there take a listen and see what they think. I do think he needs to get a powered eq for the front speakers. One thing about the way it is all mounted is it is hard to adjust the amp, but I knew that when I was doing it, there just wasn't a lot of options, I didn't want it on top of the box. When his seat is in the normal position you can't see any of the components, only the top of the box, so it shouldn't draw to much attention.