Smallest Box design for single American Bass XFL 12

Edit: Not to sound like a **** or anything but does anyone search anymore? The answers to every one of your questions are easy to find with 5 minutes of Google. It's one thing if your in the middle of a build or have a specific question that isn't asked much, but it took me longer to type this post than to find the answer by typing XFL 12 best box size. You never know, it could be days before anyone with any helpful input replies to your thread. I could be putting in work on the meter before you figure it out...using the same subs in the same ride and you'd never know it because you didn't search.

However, to show good faith and prove I'm not a **** here you go: I wouldn't do less than 2.15 but honestly wouldn't even go that small. If you can't give them 2.35-2.5 net each than you're probably better off just running one and sending the other one to me. Btw, the good think about searching, you have a really good chance in finding something you wouldn't have found. I'd Google your vehicle and chances are I'd find someone that has done the exact same setup. Then I'd follow some links, join whatever forum they're on, and shoot them a pm to find out everything I needed. In fact, that's how I ended up here. [emoji41]

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2.5cuft tuned to 32 with around 18sqin of port per cube. I'll post a design when I get to my laptop. I'm at my night stripping job and it's hard to hold my firehose and work the laptop at th same time.

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Can someone post a design for a box with the specs mentioned?

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Thanks man. Very helpful. What type of wood would you recommend? I've seen people use different types.

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mdf or baltic birch if you got the $$$ or birch ply. I'd prefer birch since the box will be hella light in comparison.

mdf or baltic birch if you got the $$$ or birch ply. I'd prefer birch since the box will be hella light in comparison.

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x2. I've built boxes to experiment with, then made one exactly the same but in birch and the mdf is around twice as heavy. When buying birch, look at the wood and make sure there isn't a lot of voids in it. Maple or oak usually has less voids at places like Lowe's/HD, and will be similar weight as birch. I've used maple, oak, and birch and couldn't tell an audible or weight difference between them.

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x2. I've built boxes to experiment with, then made one exactly the same but in birch and the mdf is around twice as heavy. When buying birch, look at the wood and make sure there isn't a lot of voids in it. Maple or oak usually has less voids at places like Lowe's/HD, and will be similar weight as birch. I've used maple, oak, and birch and couldn't tell an audible or weight difference between them.
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Yup, when you can easily carry a dual 18 box by yourself, I see very little reason to continue using MDF, There was a dual 18 box made with MDF i got along with a local purchase that thing was easily 2.5 x the weight of the birch box, pain in the d*ck trying to move that thing.

My birch boxes also held up better to abuse than all my mdf boxes combined. Like my mounting screw holes, i can continually reuse over and over again(12 times) and never have problems while MDF will usually need new holes after the 2nd or 3rd time.