someone help me out please

[gixxer1551 10+ year member]

hey guys new to the board and thought i would ask about my set-up ... I'm running 2 jl 12w6's in a box i made to fit in the back of a 95 mustang with the mach system and... i have an orion hcca 225 amp pushing the both of them with an alpine cda 7875 as th hu ... the problem is it just isn't hitting as hard as i thought it would are there any suggetions on how to get it louder the mids and highs sound alright for now but i know these speakers can do more than what they are doing now .. i 've heard them before and they rock .... don't get me wrong they sound great but not as loud as expected i doubt i pushing over 120db with them to give you some idea .... if any of you have any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated ... i have the amp bridged and the gain turned about all the way up ... is there a possibility i **** at building a box and ****ed that up somehow ..... i made it the right cu ft. but there may be leaks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif suposed to be a sealed box //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif thanks for the help

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[xjmadness 10+ year member]

put the subs in a ported box.. they'll get louder //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[gixxer1551 10+ year member]

true but i had enough trouble building a **** sealed one haha i could royally screw up a ported one

 

[AScreenName 10+ year member]

Originally posted by gixxer1551 true but i had enough trouble building a **** sealed one haha i could royally screw up a ported one

therein probably lies your problem

 

[Wonderbread 5,000+ posts]

make sur eyour box is sealed...