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New sa8's sitting at home! New box time.


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I apologize for making another post so soon but now that I have the subs sitting at home in dying to get them in!

So I have an 04 g35 that these are going in on a audioque 1200d. My specs are 36 w by 14 h by 20 depth. I know this is more than enough space. I have 2 3" precision flared ports on the way. I'm playing with the tores calculator. I'm planning on tuning between 30-35 hz. I listen to mostly rap with some rock. Im trying to decide between using a single 3 inch aero or both. I am only getting between 7-9 sq in of port per foot with the single. Will this be enough since I'm using aeros? Thanks in advance

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I came up with 12x36x12 and with a double front baffle(idk if i need it) with 1 3 inch aero 7 inches long im getting 33.43 hz with 3.82 inches of port per foot.. this can't be enough. What am i doing wrong?

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A. What's your net airspace? Sundown recommends 0.5-0.75 per sub. 12x12x36 before sub and port displacement sounds like a lot.

B. No way on God's green Earth is a single 3" port enough for a pair of SA8's. I think more like a pair of 4" ports for those two subs. Math says with 16mm Xmax tuned to 35 hz and an 8" sub you should be targeting 14" port area per sub.

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I just cut down the box size to 12x34x12 to get 1.63 net after port sub and extra baffle. With the 2 3 in aeros I have ordered that are 14 in long I'm looking at 36 hz and 8.66 port area per foot..

Should I try making the box even smaller or should I try slotted instead?

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My aeros haven't showed up yet but for now I'll try out a slot ported box. If I'm not happy with it I'll order some 4 inch ports and try again.

I found a design for 2 sa's that joe x had posted. I'll try that out and see how it goes.

Thank you for letting my know the 3 inch ports were a mistake

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My aeros haven't showed up yet but for now I'll try out a slot ported box. If I'm not happy with it I'll order some 4 inch ports and try again.

I found a design for 2 sa's that joe x had posted. I'll try that out and see how it goes.

Thank you for letting my know the 3 inch ports were a mistake

NP man, when I saw a single 3" port for those subs, I was shaking my head. Then I ran the numbers, and realized even a pair of 3's wasn't going to cut it. 4 3" ports would be about right, or a pair of 4" ports.

3" ports = 7.06 square inches each, you'd need 4 to his the 14" of port per sub

4" ports = 12.56 square inches each, you could probably get away with just two since they're aeros.

2015 Toyota Tacoma Build Thread

2007 Mazda 3; 5000K HID's, Kenwood Excelon KDC-X997, Infinity Reference 6.5 comps in front and coaxials in the rear doors, JL 320.4 four channel, Rab Designs built ported enclosure with an SA12, Kenwood monoblock, Redline Leater shift boot/e-brake boot/center console cover, JBR short shifter/shifter bushings/rear motor mount.

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1996 Mazda Miata: Kenwood Excelon HU, Alpine speaker in the doors, Clearwater (miata specific) headrest speakers. 

 

1994 Mazda Protege: Kenwood Excelon HU, Infinity Reference 2 ways all around, 2x RF Punch 10's in ported boxes. 

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I don't know what it is, I've just always loved the way aero ported boxes look. And that's all I've built since it was easiest for me. But I wanted to do things right with these now that I got some nicer subs. I realize from your posts how bad my designs have been in the past. I just recently started learning more in depth about port area and the difference in requirement between slotted and aeros. I was also limiting myself on port length because the psp's only come in 14"

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