Sub and port direction in a crew cab

[steele6794 10+ year member]

Building enclosure for a single Arc 12" that will be going directly behind the center console in a crew cab pickup.

My question is can I have the sub rear firing, with the round port firing to either side or up?

Care more about the sound quality than loudness.

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[Lschevelle 10+ year member]

I had the same question and was told sub up port forward or vice versa

 

[steele6794 10+ year member]

I think I'd prefer sub forward port up, but I really wanted sub rear port up or side.

What was the reason for them telling you to position the sub and port that way?

 

[Lschevelle 10+ year member]

You also can can do sub up and port to the side. That's the second most common way for daily. I wanted to do subs and port up so I can mount my amp on the box. And having everything firing up is good on the meter but may cause cancellations issues with the windows up in a daily system

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Either way, I'd just do one port. Not two.

Best way to find what works is build a box and turn it around until it sounds best. Otherwise, we'll just be throwing out blind guesses. Every type of vehicle is different acoustically.

 

[Lschevelle 10+ year member]

^^ that's pretty much what I said I was going to do but I figured I'm going with subs up aero ports forward do I can build my amp rack the way I want

 

[steele6794 10+ year member]

I was only going to do one port

I know every vehicle is different, but I was hoping someone could chime in with a similar truck and see what they did.

I really just dont want to do sub up or sub and port on same plane. I just dont know much about cancellation or phasing issues and didnt want to waste my time making a box that will sound like crap

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

I have a crewcab and so far my favorite has been sub downfiring with the port to the passenger side. Gave me some real solid output with only an 8 inch sub and sounds nice too. Did a lot more experimenting sealed and in a sealed setup up firing sounded really nice as well. Had to lose a seat to run like that though.