johnecon2001

Well, if all cars were manufactured the same no.. But as far as I know, they're not.

Plus box size, car frequency, car power source box location, amp type, barometric pressure, altitude all play key factors in determining loudness.

Sundowns are verrry underrated. Check out the stickies in the Sundown forum

There is no possible way to calculate SPL without testing it in car. Just tooooo many variables. If you want to actually hit some big numbers, then you need to build a ported box, use as much space as you want to (in your case 2 cubes), and then find a Sub or subs that will fit in that space. I'm not sure what the Assassin wants ported, but I would guess at 2cuft, 2 of them would be right at home.

Under $250? You may need to add some fundage to that total number if you plan on getting something decent as far as amp AND sub go. You should take a close look at Ascendant Audio subs. They may fit in your price range. You should also look at the Soundsplinter RL-i 10" Others to consider are the Mach5Audio MAW-15 and the Sundown SD-1 12" Either one of those would be good for you without breaking the bank. As far as an amp goes... you pay for quality. That's where I would spend the majority of the "extra" money that I suggested.

put those in all the woofers shipped!

No more than $500? Try one of these combos for the ICON coupled with the Sundown SAE-1000D 10" 12" 15"

strip some of the wire back. Surely you aren't sending enough power to the Q to warrent 8awg cable. And if you are... bye bye warrranty.

Sounds like your install is wired a litte "weird". Amps usually go into protect if the ohm load is too low. Are you sure you didn't wire the ID8 wrong and wire it to 2 ohms instead of 8? That would explain a lot.

What are you looking for out of your system? Do you want loud bass? Or do you want Sound Quality? or do you want both? As far as how you want them facing.. that is entirely car dependent. It changes based upon how the car is built, so thats something you'll have to test and see what sounds best.

who makes a reasonable priced amp that puts out 2k rms at 2 ohms besides the zx2500.1 why do you "need" 2000rms? you don't always have to use exact power. On another note the Sundown SAX-3000D puts out 1600w @ 2ohms. and according to this link indicates with the proper power system, you should be just under 2k watts RMS on 2 ohms. Or maybe even at 2k. who knows.

What voice coils did you get?

The sundowns are not warranted to .5 ohms. You better know what you're doing if you plan on running it that low. Just buy an amp that will put out the power you need at 2 ohms. That should be less of an electrical draw on your system and will be safer than running an amp out of warranty at .5 ohms.

holy weird looking box lol

It also may be cheaper to use a 15" basket for the recone vs the 18" recone.

for some reason overpowering bass and RL-s 15" don't go hand in had for me. Thats like trying to fit giant off road tires on a civic.

note to self. Never buy minors alcohol. Especially those that posses machete's

u whore! What about the rest of the car? HU and comps?

You better not use the same box for both of them.. Each one uses different specs to determine total enclosure size and port size. You can't just build one box that "might" work for one but not the other and expect them to compete for your attention so to speak.

and you don't need the cap.

A lot of hidden mod edits is more like it

Only thing I forsee as a problem is the fact that the RL-i is probably a lot deeper than the infinity driver he used. You may have to come out into the cargo area quite a ways to accomodate it.

Which SSD? Dual 2 or Dual 1?

Yes he is. And he doesn't like to listen.

What's your price range like?