Steve's new video

[chris_67005]

I just watched Steve's video that posted on facebook last night. They put 4 T4000 in the Honda. I need some of you experts to tell me how the hell his subs handle that kind of power. I'm not doubting it at all, I just wanna know so I can do it. If I heard the video right, he said one amp per voice coil. so 4000+ watts per coil, 8000+ watts per sub? Did I understand that right? RMS power I assume? Now I'm not a complete idiot, I understand that's for short durations but what can those subs really take for constant daily driving and how do you power them that high without a melt down? I'm thinking along the lines... no bass boost, clean power, no clipping, anything else? I heard him say in a video a while back, you gotta know how to run em like that... well I wanna know!

Also I've only ever run sealed boxes, wanting to go ported and try it out for a while. I have a nissan maxima and the rear seats don't fold down, ported boxes still sound good stuffed in a trunk or should I stick with sealed? Thanks fellas.

[n8ball2013]

if you dont already know you are in over your head. stick around read search and retain it.

[Miakehl]

I just watched Steve's video that posted on facebook last night. They put 4 T4000 in the Honda. I need some of you experts to tell me how the hell his subs handle that kind of power. I'm not doubting it at all, I just wanna know so I can do it. If I heard the video right, he said one amp per voice coil. so 4000+ watts per coil, 8000+ watts per sub? Did I understand that right? RMS power I assume? Now I'm not a complete idiot, I understand that's for short durations but what can those subs really take for constant daily driving and how do you power them that high without a melt down? I'm thinking along the lines... no bass boost, clean power, no clipping, anything else? I heard him say in a video a while back, you gotta know how to run em like that... well I wanna know!

Also I've only ever run sealed boxes, wanting to go ported and try it out for a while. I have a nissan maxima and the rear seats don't fold down, ported boxes still sound good stuffed in a trunk or should I stick with sealed? Thanks fellas.

Steve's honda is being built as an SPL monster not a DD. SO it'll only get those power levels for like 5 seconds and knowing how Steve does, he could prolly wire them to wall sockets without blowing em.

I can't say ALWAYS, but every ported box I've heard sounded better to ear than a comparable sealed box. It's all about efficiency. Then again, not every sub works well in ported boxes so I can't say "ZOMG YAEH PORTD IS AllwAZE BETTAR LOLz."

Also space is an issue, ported boxes take more space than sealed so that's an issue.

At any rate you could sawzall the rear deck if you really wanted to and It'd be a non issue.

[Eric B]

And just remember you dont always see that wattage.. every frequency will change the impedance sending out different amounts of power to the sub.

[Miakehl]

Srsly, just lurk moar.

Hang out here and ask way stupid questions until you start to catch on.

Lurk the net and READ, read read read. Learning is part of the fun of what we do.

Sure, in theory it works. Fine.

But how? And why? And how do I make it better?

WHY is this like this and not that? Why is a/b/c better than x/y/z?

That's what makes this a passion, and not a bunch of annoying fucks blaring music on the highway.

Just learn random shit. We weren't all experts when we started.

Except Steve. That fucker was BORN at 150+ db.

Edited February 12, 2010 by Miakehl

[Sp33dyG]

isnt the honda anthony's car?

[chris_67005]

if you dont already know you are in over your head. stick around read search and retain it.

Ok thanks man. I'm not in over my head, just moving into new territory compared to what I'm used to. I've had some bad ass systems over the years. I started with sealed boxes and have always stuck with sealed boxes, just what I've always liked. I built one ported box years ago when I first got into this kinda stuff and didn't know what I was doing and it ruined me on ported. Now I'm in a position to get serious with this stuff and just looking for answers. Just through my method of logic, seems to me that a ported box inside a trunk just isn't gonna give me the type of bass that a sealed would in the same environment, but I really don't know. This is just a hobby of mine man, I build bad ass engines, I know what I know about engines cause I asked questions and learned from those questions and now I have no problem building a 600 hp small block chevy or a thousand hp diesel. So now I'm moving up and learning how to build systems that are as high performance as my cars are. Gotta ask to learn!

As far as what I'm looking for, I'm not trying to get a comp SPL set up, just something wicked for daily use that can burb some high numbers on occasion. I'm a diesel mechanic by trade and have a damn good understanding of how to get plenty of power to the amps. I'll take any advice you all wanna dish out except for advise that's telling me I'm in over my head.

[Guest]

isnt the honda anthony's car?

apparently it is now lol

[Marlo Stanfield]

Prior to installing Steve massages each woofer with Mark Potts's own TCAB SPL dust so it can handle any amount of power he wants to throw at it. Only people that have been around the forums for a few years will truly understand this.

[arnold1992]

Prior to installing Steve massages each woofer with Mark Potts's own TCAB SPL dust so it can handle any amount of power he wants to throw at it. Only people that have been around the forums for a few years will truly understand this.

Is that the hexibass team or something like that? I read somewhere that steve use to be on that team or something like that.