upgrade plans

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

In the next week or so I plan on doing a few things, just want some opinions and what I should think about or watch out for..

Current set up: 12" L5 '05 in a 3cu ported box to 34hz, hifonics amp shooting it 300 rms (lol that's right 300, I still think it hits pretty good).

Plans: I want to upgrade the whole sub setup but I don't have enough money, so I decided to swap amps and keep the sub until I can afford another sub. So I'm almost about to pick up an MD2, going to power the L5 with 900 rms, upgrading the wiring, and one main thing I'm looking forward to is getting back trunk space. I decided to build a very skinny box that will be .75-1 cu, sealed. Sort of like a wall-like box, at first I was thinking about fiberglassing so it really would look like a wall and look real good, but I think for now I'll just keep it as the largest rectangle I can fit at the back of my trunk. Anyways, dimensions would be something like 16x34in and a width of about 5 inches or a little more, and mounting the sub inverted of course.

Any opinions? Any predictions on loss/gain of output? I'm hoping to gain sq of course from going sealed, but output is harder because although I'm getting a lot more power, I'm going from big ported to small sealed. Don't know if this is a silly question but I was sort of worried about such a thin box with the sub inverted, would it tip easy if mounted with those L brackets from lowes? Anyways, there it is, let me know if there's something I should be thinking about with this setup in mind. Thanks

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[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

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[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

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[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

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[supraman1379 10+ year member]

It will prolly sound decent as long as the box is built with the right amount of volume.

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

It will prolly sound decent as long as the box is built with the right amount of volume.

thanks for the input, I'm guessing I'll be good with kicker's recommended .88-2 cu, any opinions on which end I should go towards on the volume of the box?

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Are you looking to build something that will make it loud, or something that will sound good?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

so this ISNT an attempt to get more bass right? More to get more space back? Because that box that you plan on, sealed with ~.75 cf is WAY too small for that sub. You'll barely crack a 135 with it.

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

Are you looking to build something that will make it loud, or something that will sound good?

so this ISNT an attempt to get more bass right? More to get more space back? Because that box that you plan on, sealed with ~.75 cf is WAY too small for that sub. You'll barely crack a 135 with it.

Yes not a straightforward attempt at more bass, I already tried that with the 3 cu ported box with good results. I am hoping though that I'll have at least as much bass as I have now with the big ported, yes I know going sealed from ported you're thinking //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif but I was thinking going from 300 rms to 900-1000 rms would make up the difference in the boxes? anyways, I just looked at the manual and it said .8-2cu for sealed, wondering which end I should go with and what to expect throwing a shit load more power to the L5..oh and yeah getting my space back is one of the motivations

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

I dont think youre going to get back the bass you had with the ported box if youre make ing a sealed one. But you will get SQ out of it.

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

I dont think youre going to get back the bass you had with the ported box if youre make ing a sealed one. But you will get SQ out of it.

Yeah I guess worst case scenario if I'm not happy with the space/spl trade off I'll throw it back in the ported

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Ive tried the shitload of power & small box thing with them, and it sounded like poo... I was much happier at 1.5 cf @ 45 ported.....till that little incident with 4k watts to one L7 and now it sits in my basement in the corner next to a bunch of burnt up Alpine R's

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

Ive tried the shitload of power & small box thing with them, and it sounded like poo... I was much happier at 1.5 cf @ 45 ported.....till that little incident with 4k watts to one L7 and now it sits in my basement in the corner next to a bunch of burnt up Alpine R's

aww really, what would you suggest then, keep my 3cu ported? Or doesn't smaller boxes have more power handeling..so smaller ported? lol i guess the question is for tons of power(tons in reference to the sub) should I go small/medium/large and sealed/ported

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

Ive tried the shitload of power & small box thing with them, and it sounded like poo... I was much happier at 1.5 cf @ 45 ported.....till that little incident with 4k watts to one L7 and now it sits in my basement in the corner next to a bunch of burnt up Alpine R's

how'd it sound exactly with the small box, didn't hit low or just not loud at all?