Box Help Non Noob Question

[bumpincruiser]

ok so i cut my wood for my box and figured out i messed up on some of the measurements. the box is alot smaller than i expected and is not utilizing alot of space in my trunk. now i want honest anwers and i know bigger=louder.

im wondering if it will be worth making a new box that will be a little bigger

the current measurements on the box i have now is this

15x32x12

and this is the max measurements i have to work with

20x40x15

is it worth making a new box with the bigger measurements?

will it be any louder?

by the way its slot ported to 39 htz and its for a hdc312

thanks in advance

[spl explorer]

What kind of power you putting to the woofer?

[bumpincruiser]

What kind of power you putting to the woofer?

kicker zx1500.1 so about 1700 rms at 2 ohms

[Torres]

bigger doesnt always mean louder. smaller boxes tend to be better for numbers on the mic, while bigger boxes are louder on the low-end. depends what you want louder

[spl explorer]

kicker zx1500.1 so about 1700 rms at one ohm

With that wattage I would put it in a larger box if building a new box isn’t that much of a hastle.

Can't say it WILL be louder but usually is.

[spl explorer]

bigger doesnt always mean louder. smaller boxes tend to be better for numbers on the mic, while bigger boxes are louder on the low-end. depends what you want louder

X2

[bumpincruiser]

X2

i like the lows

but would it make a difference?

[Torres]

lemme do some math and check some airspace

EDIT: i wanna say it'll make a difference. those new dimensions give you a little more than double the airspace. dno your port size, so i dno the actual displacement. but for lows i would also maybe tune a little lower as well. i like to tune close to 30 hz myself