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nutxo
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by nutxo » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:11 pm
Ive never had a system in a hatchback before. DO my subs fire to the rear, forward or up?
gridracer
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by gridracer » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:28 pm
Try them in all positions I find firing them backwards works nicely.
nutxo
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by nutxo » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:36 pm
gridracer wrote: Try them in all positions I find firing them backwards works nicely.
yeah. I was always a trunk guy and rear firing was best. Trying all different ways will be hard. Its gonna be mounted in an odd way......
dcmcki
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by dcmcki » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:22 am
Ported or sealed?
nutxo
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by nutxo » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:24 am
dcmcki wrote: Ported or sealed?
Sealed
dcmcki
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by dcmcki » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:32 am
nutxo wrote: Its gonna be mounted in an odd way......
Pics of said "ODD WAY"....
Tcguy85
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by Tcguy85 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:36 am
in my scion tc (a hatch) i have my single ported ten on the left side firing to the right. sounds best this way. i spend a whole night playing with different box positions and direction in my car and that way sounded the best.
i also had a different box a while back in this same car. had the sub and port both firing up and it sounded better than the sub and port firing directly to the rear, also a lot less rattling firing up.
07 Scion tC: 880PRS, PG RSD65CS's (running active), DD S4(comps), DD C2a(sub), single Dayton Ref H.O. 10(.7net, tuned to 30hz)
nutxo
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by nutxo » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:45 am
dcmcki wrote: nutxo wrote: Its gonna be mounted in an odd way......
Pics of said "ODD WAY"....
If they fire forward ( Im even thinking about trying down ) then the box will be on a leg attached to the rear by the trunk latch about 12 inches off the floor. That way I still have t-top storage.
smgreen20
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by smgreen20 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:11 pm
Being that I owned a hatchback when I got into this sport/hobby I found that subs and port firing upwards yeilded the loudest output.
For an SQL type of thing, subs back and ports up.
My two cents.
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KHPower
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by KHPower » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:30 pm
I would aim them toward the back or directly up! every hatchback I have heard subs in were that way and sounded great , I was always jealous of folks with hatchbacks
Tcguy85
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by Tcguy85 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:34 pm
with my current sub and box i tried every way i could come up with and to the side works best with this setup.
07 Scion tC: 880PRS, PG RSD65CS's (running active), DD S4(comps), DD C2a(sub), single Dayton Ref H.O. 10(.7net, tuned to 30hz)
nutxo
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by nutxo » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:21 pm
Meh. I finished my box
Im not a fan of terminal cups but my sires arent here and I wanted it done.
nutxo
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by nutxo » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:25 pm
Tcguy85
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by Tcguy85 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:58 pm
looks good!
07 Scion tC: 880PRS, PG RSD65CS's (running active), DD S4(comps), DD C2a(sub), single Dayton Ref H.O. 10(.7net, tuned to 30hz)
dcmcki
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by dcmcki » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:28 am
Looks sweet.......
Subs up......my .02
If it were ported......sub up port back ftw.