Subs facing up...?

[goose5741 10+ year member]

What's good guys? Haven't been on here in AGES, doubt anyone remembers me but its all good. Getting bored with my current more SQ geared setup (4 8'' assassins off ~1.6kwrms) and i have some money coming my way so I'm gonna do something a little more intense. Just want to get some ideas.

What's the general opinion on having subs facing up in the trunk of a car? Because if that is doable/won't sound like complete shit I can fit more/bigger subs. (the cone's would be parralell with the ground if anyone's confused on the orientation i'm talking about, rather than your traditional setup with the subs facing the back of the trunk.)

If the up firing thing is ok I'm thinkin 2 18''s assuming i can fit a big enough box. Otherwise 2 15''s back firing or 3 12''s...Plan on running 2.5-3.5 kwrms to the subs once I get a new alternator in and the big 3 done.

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[jmkanek 10+ year member]

i run my subs up with a port out the back firing in the hatch of my car, it allows the subs to load off the back glass, always worked for me, and sounds great

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

i got 1 15 firing up right now with port fire back in my trunk. does not sound to bad. it does rattle like hell though. i dont have any sound deadner

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

I say hell yeah with 2 - 18's lolz

 

[jmkanek 10+ year member]

^^^x2 two 18's firing up would be awesome

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

i have sub up and port back in my wifes car.(the pic in my ava) ist only an 8 but now its on 1k and sounds dam good.

-vic

 

[SomeDonnieDude 10+ year member]

I upfire:veryhapp:

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

That's tight if the "upfiring" thing works as gay as it sounds it might enable me to do a slightly larger system...

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

I think I'd have to get someone real clever with a box design to squeeze all the space outta my trunk, but if its possible I think 2 18''s getting like 1.5-2 Kwrms each would be pretty sick.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

I had the 18 facing up and it did just dandy imo

I think I'd have to get someone real clever with a box design to squeeze all the space outta my trunk, but if its possible I think 2 18''s getting like 1.5-2 Kwrms each would be pretty sick.

Good luck, the enclosure in my avatar is pretty much the smallest I'd run a single 18 in (ported)...but if your trunk is twice that big, more power to ya

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

And a lot of sound deadener on the back deck and trunk of my car lolz

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

I also run my 4 RD Sonance 12s" firing up and can tell no difference in SQ from rear firing them. My rear deck and entire trunk is Second Skin'd.

They're also sealed...

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

And a lot of sound deadener on the back deck and trunk of my car lolz

Yes, that's also pretty much a 'must'

 

[goose5741 10+ year member]

I had the 18 facing up and it did just dandy imo


Good luck, the enclosure in my avatar is pretty much the smallest I'd run a single 18 in (ported)...but if your trunk is twice that big, more power to ya

That car in your avatar's a saturn? Pretty small? My trunk is pretty big, but maybe not quite big enough...have to measure it out tommorrow.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

That car in your avatar's a saturn? Pretty small? My trunk is pretty big, but maybe not quite big enough...have to measure it out tommorrow.

Yes, that's my 97 Saturn SL2's trunk with the 18" btl in it...ive definitely seen smaller (trunks), it isnt tiny...but isnt massive either...just as a visual reference, that enclosure is almost literally my entire trunk and it's the smallest I'd run a single 18 in really.

Unless you drive one of those old 'boats' like an '81 Lincoln or something, I cant see it fitting without walling off behind your rear seats and porting through the rear deck...it'd be a very large enclosure.