BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts
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ooookkkkkkk....well after all the blood and sweat of building our first ported box....there is ISSUSES......
http://img162.echo.cx/img162/7190/xxx15box9sy.jpg
we didnt realize until we were about to cut thewood that the piece that goes directly behind the xxx was only 12'' and i think this design was for a xxx12.......
we extended the piece behind the xxx to 15 inches and ironicly everything else on the designs matched up (that piece being 12'' from wall as shown on diagram after makeing it longer)...
WELL the dust cap F'd up and came off but the voice coils were fine on the sub so i am thinking that for some reason this box is too big. talked to RE and they dont recommend anything bigger than 6cubs for ported xxx15.
i have not calculated the internal volume but the gross volume is like 9cub...freakign HUGE
So this is what im thinking....calculate the internal volume to see what ima at, then add the right volume of polyfill (figure out a way to get it to stay in there) to make the volume 4 or 4.5 cubs.....
i WOULD just build another box but this car is gonna die soon and i'll get a design for that car when time comes. and we've put so much effort into this box that it wont be worth it to throw it away and build ANOTHER box that i'll only use for 6 moths or so and may not fir in the new car......can i just jimmy rig figit fix this box for the next 6 months of use???? i think i should just do this and not run the sub too hard.....
or is this a bad idea....
http://img162.echo.cx/img162/7190/xxx15box9sy.jpg
we didnt realize until we were about to cut thewood that the piece that goes directly behind the xxx was only 12'' and i think this design was for a xxx12.......
we extended the piece behind the xxx to 15 inches and ironicly everything else on the designs matched up (that piece being 12'' from wall as shown on diagram after makeing it longer)...
WELL the dust cap F'd up and came off but the voice coils were fine on the sub so i am thinking that for some reason this box is too big. talked to RE and they dont recommend anything bigger than 6cubs for ported xxx15.
i have not calculated the internal volume but the gross volume is like 9cub...freakign HUGE
So this is what im thinking....calculate the internal volume to see what ima at, then add the right volume of polyfill (figure out a way to get it to stay in there) to make the volume 4 or 4.5 cubs.....
i WOULD just build another box but this car is gonna die soon and i'll get a design for that car when time comes. and we've put so much effort into this box that it wont be worth it to throw it away and build ANOTHER box that i'll only use for 6 moths or so and may not fir in the new car......can i just jimmy rig figit fix this box for the next 6 months of use???? i think i should just do this and not run the sub too hard.....
or is this a bad idea....
