Jay-C76

Lantz, keep the willie in your pants when you're drinking!

I still feel young, what makes me feel old is that I've lost contact with many friends from the past. Living the daily grind and family life on top of that, I guess I've let time slip by way too fast. Gotta make time to " stop and smell the roses!".

Love the screen name there Bob!

Hell I'm gonna soak up the weather with a trip to the local park and crankin' out some yard work jammin' tunes!!! Might even go for a nice little drive around town, just like old times when I was a young pup.

That's up for debate, I don't think anyone has ever stress tested to confirm but, I've never had an issue with it. It's been my experience that when it soaks in it makes the MDF more dense/ harder, but not making it brittle. MDF is a porous material and will leak air to an extent. I actually coat the inside lightly on all of my builds.

Dave.....Detroit's not too far to drive to come pimp slap ya!

haha. i cant wait to see how the design turns out.... p.s. i am going to make a new thread here shorty. i want to know the best way to make this box. like wood glue,sould i use screws or staples. that kind of stuff.. i need as much help as i can get! use Elmers wood glue the blue label.....Use Screws for sure not staples..... and I would say fiberglass resin all the corners and let cure over night! and TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! iv never fiberglassed in my life haha. or even seen it done Oh lord! I'll stop by on friday after work and show ya how! LOL

Did you download Google SketchUp? I'm going to draw up the design right now.

Oh dear Lord! Mikey on the road with a freakin' semi!!!! We're all gonna DIE!!! Congrats on the new job bro! Just please don't run me over!!!

my failure???? and i meant jay-C76 Hell Lantz, my bad, I thought you weren't gonna do this box build. I'll send ya the design before the weekend. Get Google SketchUp (it's free) so you can view the design. side note- cut Lantz a little slack guys. He's new to the game (compared to most of us) and is trying to "bass on a budget". He may ask some questions that to us may seem dumb. He's trying to learn, (the hard way sometimes) but all in all at least he asks question instead of assuming.

12~15" Zcons!!!!

Good deal Sean, but I gotta wait till next year bro. Going for a epic install and I'll need a meter for tuning.

You could run one amp to one coil and the other to the opposite coil. As long as the amps are 1 ohm stable. Be very careful when doing this b/c you can get settings wrong and wind up doing some damage to the coil. Just back the volume off if you see, smell, or hear any signs of something wrong.

Heck, for a single 10 it wasn't bad sounding. It was a definite difference after going from my truck to yours but then again I'm running a lot more power and cone area.

Super Sweet! Got my wheels turning for sure now! Good lord I wonder if I can blow the doors off my Ranger with this next install!

Sorry for the loss of a family member. Prayer, bro!

I'll maybe be getting either four 18's or 15's. First I have to sell off the Icon's I have now and a R/F T1500-1bd. The amps been taking up space on a shelf ever since I got the AQ3500. I hope the prototype works out because I've been waiting for this day for some time now!

I think I just got a chubby!

Man you love ya some ICP don't ya?!?!?!?

It all depends on what frequencies your vehicle will peak at. Plus is your goal SPL or listening to music? Tuning low will most likely not do well in comps unless you are doing a very high powered system. My enclosure is tuned at 28hz. and my truck install peaks at 32hz. In my case it's not really ideal for trying to win a DB Drag. With cheaper subs I would not try to tune them low due to over excursion which will cause the subs to bottom out. Larger port area generally reduces mach percentage which has an effect on the "huffing" sound produced from the port. It also has an effect on the actual resistance the sub sees while trying to hit each individual wave cycle produced by each freq. note. Longer ports will give you a lower tuning and shorter will give you a higher tuning. Port area and port length go hand in hand as far as actual tuning. Change the port area and the port length will change as well to keep the same desired tuning.

I wouldn't use Optima batteries even if they paid me to.... They really aren't meant for high power audio installs.