TRUNKED CAR PORT POSITION

[antonmiller 8]

so i took my box out of my car to add some fiberglass resin to it, and some supports, but i was wondering what side should a port be on for the best spl. passenger side or drivers side. the sub and port will be facing the trunk.

Thanks,

[NB50 206]

Only way to know is to test it out for yourself.

[lithium 358]

<<<<<< fails at reading... carry on sir

Edited August 29, 2009 by lithium

[KU40 173]

Generally you load the mic side with the sub. Meaning since they generally put the mic on the passenger side, you want the port to be on the driver's side.

[jonbearsmt 919]

i have found that porting on one side of the box will cause the further sub to fight to breath and the closer sub to the port will bottom out first.

[Duran 387]

I port in the middle, I think it looks better and the port acts as bracing.

[1200 bandit 2]

Port on the rigth works good for most cars but you will need to test because no 2 cars will be the same.

[dvalue 17]

Mine is on drivers side, gets pretty loud. Havent tested the other way, though. Really only way to tell is to test, like bromo said.

[Zach Gates 0]

"Common wisdom" is to put the port and sub on opposite sides, but to be honest when I did it in the hatch eons ago both in the middle worked beautifully.

Edited August 31, 2009 by Zach Gates

[a1161979 3]

Thor runs his port on drivers side as do i, from trunk cars with forward firing boxes sealed from the boot this seems to be the loudest setup

I guess the only real way to tell is flip the box and test and see which is louder on the meter

Edit: If its the car in your sig then sub up port back for sure, if you can or dont want to run sub up then i would run the port on the drivers side, but like i said subs forward/up would be much better and meter louder too

Edited September 6, 2009 by Samuel

[antonmiller 8]

Thor runs his port on drivers side as do i, from trunk cars with forward firing boxes sealed from the boot this seems to be the loudest setup

I guess the only real way to tell is flip the box and test and see which is louder on the meter

Edit: If its the car in your sig then sub up port back for sure, if you can or dont want to run sub up then i would run the port on the drivers side, but like i said subs forward/up would be much better and meter louder too

i dont agree with the sub up port back thing, just because my car is NOT a hatchback. its a chevy cavalier with a trunk.

and i didnt do any testing on this i just kept it the way it is, sub and port facing back with the port on drivers side. i didnt do any testing because the box is just too difficult to get in and out of the trunk.