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A few weeks ago I had RAM designs on here design me a box for 3 sundown SA 8s on 1800W rms. The box is 1.8ft^2 after displacements and has a slot port tuned to 33 hz.
Its pretty loud inside the car, but I'm almost positive that its probably 10db louder in my trunk. I know your going to lose some dbs from trunk to car, but not this many..
Heres why I think it should/can be louder. Folding down my rear seat does nothing to affect the loudness as far as I can tell. Besides that, I have some SERIOUS trunk rattle, and when I open my trunk, all the bass just goes out that way.. which it should the way its setup now, but if setup correctly as a loud trunk car, shouldn't it still be going into the car instead? Not 100% sure on that.. also, not to mention, I saw a video on youtube of a dude with 4 8s on 2k getting some serious flex in his car. His setup is different, but similar equipment. He has a 4th order box which I'm pretty sure I dont have room for unless assembled in my trunk. Heres a video of his..
Heres a really crappy vid of my setup I made a few days ago, Ill try to make a better one soon in the daytime.
Thats how the box is setup now. My trunk is TINY as you can see. Theres a massive hump in the front of my trunk right behind my rear seats that makes things rather difficult. You can see it here.
At this point, I've lost all my trunk space which is totally fine cause it keeps people from throwing their crap in my car, but I know there has to be a way to tune this setup better. I have another 8 Im going to recone very soon and would have to build another box for it, but I want opinions on what to do. What is all this about sealing off my trunk? How would I go about doing this? I see lots of people folding their rear seats down, which is fine, but I cant keep mine down all the time. That is silly, and my whole rear seat folds down as a unit, no 60/40 or anything. I can port through my rear speaker deck openings, but I've been told that sounds like crap by one person. Any other opinions on that?
Its pretty loud inside the car, but I'm almost positive that its probably 10db louder in my trunk. I know your going to lose some dbs from trunk to car, but not this many..
Heres why I think it should/can be louder. Folding down my rear seat does nothing to affect the loudness as far as I can tell. Besides that, I have some SERIOUS trunk rattle, and when I open my trunk, all the bass just goes out that way.. which it should the way its setup now, but if setup correctly as a loud trunk car, shouldn't it still be going into the car instead? Not 100% sure on that.. also, not to mention, I saw a video on youtube of a dude with 4 8s on 2k getting some serious flex in his car. His setup is different, but similar equipment. He has a 4th order box which I'm pretty sure I dont have room for unless assembled in my trunk. Heres a video of his..
Heres a really crappy vid of my setup I made a few days ago, Ill try to make a better one soon in the daytime.
Thats how the box is setup now. My trunk is TINY as you can see. Theres a massive hump in the front of my trunk right behind my rear seats that makes things rather difficult. You can see it here.
At this point, I've lost all my trunk space which is totally fine cause it keeps people from throwing their crap in my car, but I know there has to be a way to tune this setup better. I have another 8 Im going to recone very soon and would have to build another box for it, but I want opinions on what to do. What is all this about sealing off my trunk? How would I go about doing this? I see lots of people folding their rear seats down, which is fine, but I cant keep mine down all the time. That is silly, and my whole rear seat folds down as a unit, no 60/40 or anything. I can port through my rear speaker deck openings, but I've been told that sounds like crap by one person. Any other opinions on that?