hzsogood Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I have a single sa-8 in the trunk of my civic right now. It is unbelievable how much sound and movement I get out of it. Shakes the sunroof even! My box is .75 cubes (after displacement). 2 3“ Aero ports tuned around 35. The problem with the aeros is that they are each 25“ long. Tough to have a tiny little box with crazy long pipes sticking out of it. For compact I would think slot port might be easier. Yea I have no room to do aeros, from what I can see, so slot port it is.. The problem is, when I plot out the box with the Torres tuning calculator, my port ratio is 1:7.67, which seems high? port area is 17.25, port area per foot is 17.08. and thats exactly .95 cubic feet net after sub displacement.. Is that to big of an enclosure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCS530 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I don't think it's grossly oversized. Just be careful on the lows. Set the subsonic. As far as ratio, it isn't the most efficient, but what are you going to do? Sacrifices must be made when working with limited space. Quote Several systems, several vehicles. Always changing! 2013 MECA State Champion (trunk 1) 2014 MECA State Champion (mod 4) 2014 MECA state Champion (Park and Pound 4) 2014 DBDRAG 6th place North America Finals (SS1-2) 2014 BASS RACE 6th place North America Finals (139.9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hzsogood Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) I don't think it's grossly oversized. Just be careful on the lows. Set the subsonic. As far as ratio, it isn't the most efficient, but what are you going to do? Sacrifices must be made when working with limited space. OK.. Im trying to get the size down a bit without making the ratio worse or the port area much larger. What did you mean "what am I going to do"? As far as music selection? Here s the current design.. should be .76 cubic feet after sub displacement Edited September 20, 2014 by hzsogood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCS530 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I just meant there's not a lot you can do about the port ratio. It is what it is. To make it more acceptable would be well out of your sizing limits. I'm sure it will sound great! Quote Several systems, several vehicles. Always changing! 2013 MECA State Champion (trunk 1) 2014 MECA State Champion (mod 4) 2014 MECA state Champion (Park and Pound 4) 2014 DBDRAG 6th place North America Finals (SS1-2) 2014 BASS RACE 6th place North America Finals (139.9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hzsogood Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Gotcha! Thanks man. I'm excited to get this little guy. Should be here on Thursday, so I still have time to kick things around a bit with the enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRTC360 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I wouldn't go with that much port area for a single 8, remember more port generally lowers your bandwidth, since you're not chasing numbers i'd go a little lower to keep it as musical as possible. Quote '93 Firebird Formula V8 H/U- Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X395 Mids/Highs Amp- Hifonics ZXI80.4 Wiring-KNU RCA's, Speaker Wire, And Two Runs Of Trystar 1/0 G34 Red Top and a 180amp Ford Alternator www.youtube.com/TRTC360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hzsogood Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I wouldn't go with that much port area for a single 8, remember more port generally lowers your bandwidth, since you're not chasing numbers i'd go a little lower to keep it as musical as possible. What should my port area, and port area per foot be at ? 12-14? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRTC360 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I wouldn't go with that much port area for a single 8, remember more port generally lowers your bandwidth, since you're not chasing numbers i'd go a little lower to keep it as musical as possible. What should my port area, and port area per foot be at ? 12-14? 12-14 is a good general rule of thumb. Quote '93 Firebird Formula V8 H/U- Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X395 Mids/Highs Amp- Hifonics ZXI80.4 Wiring-KNU RCA's, Speaker Wire, And Two Runs Of Trystar 1/0 G34 Red Top and a 180amp Ford Alternator www.youtube.com/TRTC360 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hzsogood Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Well. After trying different enclosure sizes sub up port up isn't gonna work. But sub up port back should be good. 14" of port area, 15" per foot, tuned to 36.6 .. port ratio is 1:3.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hzsogood Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 here is the one I came up with. How does this one look? and would there be any issue with sub up port back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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