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well ive built many boxes for my ext cab s10 over the past 2 years, and ive never really been happy with it. Right now im running 3 sa12's on a saz 3500. my box currently is 5.26cubes @ 31hz with 81.25 in2 of port, with subs firing forward, port up drivers side. The box i tried before this was subs forward, 2 6" aeros firing up @ 36hz. I liked the box with the aeros but wouldn't play the lows i wanted it to (but found out later after 2nd box my ssf needed to be turned down, so im not truly sure if it would play the lows i wanted it to or not. So my question is, is there anyone with experience with trucks like these, and what should i do next? i would like to reuse my 6" aeros if i could.

well the thing is with 3 12's, is that i cant fit both subs and port up, its either subs up port forward or to the side. or subs forward and port up or side. Also i will not do a down fire. ive heard it working for some ppl but wouldn't do it myself. I also ran 2 15's in my truck, but i find these 12's more efficient on getting louder in my truck. I could do the same style set up, but i think the port config needs to be changed, or its to much port area. I think when both windows are down, to much pressure from the port goes out the window. The problem i had with the 2 6" aeros firing up is that i was limited on length, so i could only tune it to 36hz without building a really tall box. I thought about side firing, but not sure how that would sound.

took me a few min to figure out who you were lol. Yea, ive had a lot of people tell me what i should do, but i need some mini truck guys to maybe know whats up or something. When i had my 2 sa8's i had the box firing up, and it was meh, fired it towards the seat and made a night and day difference, but then again, the box was way under the window line with no where to load, so that could be why it was louder, but after that i always fired forward, plus more room to.

this isnt for scores, but for sound. it will sound good on a few songs, but once you throw some songs with more beats in it, it sound sloppy and like a$$

i think it has mostly to do with battery and amperage from alt. I have had my 3500 a long time, ive ran it with a single run of 0, and now 2 runs, but im getting worse voltage drop now with 2, but again ive done a few other changes, and i think the batteries are not as good. I think if you have a good alt, and 2 good batteries, you dont have much to worry about. Im running a 220 amp alt, with 3 batteries including under the hood, and 2 big batteries in the back, and get voltage drop from high 13's low 14's, down to 12's at idle and while driving mid 13's. If money is not a major issue, i would stick with the 180 amp alt, get 2 good batteries and look into a module to keep your alt charging in the high 14's or 15 volts. but thats my opinion edit : my bad, for some reason i thought you had a 180 amp alt, maybe it was someone else that posted, so scratch that from my response lol

yea mine hurts my electical, im all for above 14 volts so i hate when i see it droping in the 13's, and i have a 220 amp alt, and 3 batteries, 2 runs of + lol

Now get some vidz with the new amp!!!!!!!!! lol

really eh, a difference you could hear, or only see with a TL??

nice! thats a good idea with the pvc!, did you try a before and after with the pvc? whats the box tuned to?

specs on box? great score! also how much power was that on? Whats on the inside of the port? did you use that for better air flow? looks like a good idea!

thanks man! i like how we are keeping this thread going!, need some more s10 owners to post up some pics/vids!! all are welcome!

i like how you ran our 0/1, wish i did that with mine, i have a huge bulge with 2 runs going under the carpet lol

hmm weird, never heard of that, did you try with different tones? what were you peaking at?

yea i find sundown subs like twice the power

small update: got my saz 3500 back that i bought 2 years ago, gone through 2 sets of hands, but i sourced it back. Nice difference in power compared to the 2k. Def made the sa 12's come alive. so i just couldn't resist.... LOL @ 1:11

Oh i know i should set it to where it needs to be, but i will have to do some tests to see where it needs to be for me. thanks again

To start off, i have 3 sa 12's, they were on a saz 2k, and i had them in a 5.5 cube box 2 6" aeros, tuned to 35hz, Well that wasn't cutting it for me for the low's, So i had to go back to slot ports, i made a box to recommended size, 5.25 cubes for 3 sa 12's, tuned to 31 hz with 81.25 port area. It sounded great, i loved it, But thought the subs needed more power, so i got my saz 3500 back. Put it in, and the sound changed a lot. It is louder, but doesn't sound as clean now and not as aggressive on some songs it did with the saz 2k. It almost sounds like it lost its "clean, accurate" sound, if that makes any sense. What would cause that? the box being to big now becuase ive added 1500 more watts? to much port? to less of port? Im confused and thinking about downsizing big time to a single 12 and calling it a day as ive gotten to the point where ive spent/wasted a lot of money trying to get it where i like it. p.s all equipment and vehicle is in sig below.

ok, the SSF fixed it, i guess i just had it a hair to high, i turned it to 0 to test that same song again, and the aggressiveness came back , i feel like a tool, but when i was setting the amp forgot to try to set it properly, then just got conffused on why it would sound different on a low note. Thanks "theend, and jacob" thinking about it set a light bulb in my head about the SSF.

just played a song im very familiar with as i played it a lot before taking the 2k out, and the higher note in the song plays a lot louder, thats for sure, the broken piece on my dash, flew out of place, but the low note, sounds different, its not as aggressive. I checked phase and bass boost, both are at 0... actually just typing this lite a light bulb in my head, i think my SSF may be to high, and its trying not to play the low note, ill go out now, and turn the SSF off, and play the same song, but other then that, i cant see the low pass changing anything for low notes, i will go test now, and update in a few min.

any ideas on how to measure out how much wood i would need? lol im thinking but nothing is coming to mind on how to figure that out

i dont think thats going to do much, im using the gain knob, and control it by that, so i can crank the volume and keep the knob turned down, still sounds a bit different.

sorry i should have stated, it was set with a scope. and they are dual 4's. Wired to .67ohms, but when you put a meter on the terminals outside the box it read 1ohm.

jacob you should ask him to post some videos on here when hes done so we can see these in action!

sounds good man, sounds like a lot of work, make sure you snap pics!, also if you get a dual alt bracket fabed up, let me know, i want to buy one badly!