Just Finished Designing My Sub Box Today
03-04-02, 02:25 AM
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gotta love the low pile **** carpeting! starting your own fad? 
looks good. yours is a nicely thought out plan, and here is a pic of my quick spur of the moment Idea chop job for mine.
looks good. yours is a nicely thought out plan, and here is a pic of my quick spur of the moment Idea chop job for mine.
03-04-02, 08:03 AM
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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
Ok guys...Shes as close to done as shes gonna get for now. I finished the box today, cut the lid for the amp box and everything. I think im gonna hold off on cutting the circles out until after i have the subs, just for fitting purposes, ill cut small and get bigger , that way i dont cut them too big accidently. Anyway, I laid all the interior pieces back in, except the plastics, and put down a piece of carpet. The carpet is definatly NOT what im gonna keep in there, its just all i had at the time. I think it doesnt look that bad in there, i need some BRUTALLY HONEST opinions though...what do you guys think, just as far as looks and idea goes?
~T.J.
Ok guys...Shes as close to done as shes gonna get for now
. I finished the box today, cut the lid for the amp box and everything. I think im gonna hold off on cutting the circles out until after i have the subs, just for fitting purposes, ill cut small and get bigger , that way i dont cut them too big accidently. Anyway, I laid all the interior pieces back in, except the plastics, and put down a piece of carpet. The carpet is definatly NOT what im gonna keep in there, its just all i had at the time. I think it doesnt look that bad in there, i need some BRUTALLY HONEST opinions though...what do you guys think, just as far as looks and idea goes?~T.J.
Did you have some carpet left over from the living room or what? You can get ozite carpet that damn near matches the texture and color of the factory carpet at Autozone.
And I would have never built a sub box outta plywood.
But thats just me and almost 15 years of car stereo professional installation exp....
03-04-02, 09:35 AM
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I give up trying to explain it to you. you just don't read my post do you?
Originally posted by V8kilr
your still not getting it since 97 its been a standard for amps to be able to operate @ 2ohms.
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your still not getting it since 97 its been a standard for amps to be able to operate @ 2ohms.
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03-04-02, 01:09 PM
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Originally posted by Max7
ok, silly Rabbit
I will explain it again, if you have 800watts going to 1 speaker, or 800 watts going to 2 speakers, then thats 400 each. 400 watts to a single speaker is not as loud as one receiving 800watts, which is what I was explaining. Yes the cone area is doubled, but the excursion will be less. and its the excursion of the surface area that creates SPL, not just the amount of surface area.
ok, silly Rabbit
I will explain it again, if you have 800watts going to 1 speaker, or 800 watts going to 2 speakers, then thats 400 each. 400 watts to a single speaker is not as loud as one receiving 800watts, which is what I was explaining. Yes the cone area is doubled, but the excursion will be less. and its the excursion of the surface area that creates SPL, not just the amount of surface area.
, the point V8kilr is making is that you'll get more sound pressure out of the same amp with more speakers on it. And I absolutely guarantee that, even though those two speakers are seeing half the wattage of the amp (and thus working less hard with less distortion to boot...), that system wiil be louder than a single sub at the full rated power of the amp, period. It has everything to do with the cone surface area even at half the excursion. It'll be at least 70 times louder...OK, mebbe I'm gettin' crazy now...
Originally posted by RMD
, i need some BRUTALLY HONEST opinions though...what do you guys think, just as far as looks and idea goes?
, i need some BRUTALLY HONEST opinions though...what do you guys think, just as far as looks and idea goes?
---->NPBD45, I'm not going to get anything done in my garage if everybody starts posting their sound projects!! I tell ya, I'm addicted to this kinda stuff!! As an asides, I'm heading to the junkyard right now for the shocks...it's 03/04.1324 hrs CST....
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03-04-02, 09:25 PM
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Well I done gave ya my opinion on it.. I think you did a good job as far as I can tell with the exception of 2 things. But is what Im gonna say now gonna make a difference?
Well, heres my final thoughts...Yes, it was left over living room carpet (i have no money for different stuff right now), and two, the MDF was twice as expensive as plywood, and I can still make a box that will sound better than stock out of plywood. I would have bought MDF, but if you were paying attention earlier, i just told you i have no money
Anyway, itll be done later this month, complete with equipment.~T.J.
03-04-02, 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
the MDF was twice as expensive as plywood, and I can still make a box that will sound better than stock out of plywood. I would have bought MDF, but if you were paying attention earlier, i just told you i have no money
~T.J.
the MDF was twice as expensive as plywood, and I can still make a box that will sound better than stock out of plywood. I would have bought MDF, but if you were paying attention earlier, i just told you i have no money
~T.J.
), a sheet of 3/4" MDF that measured a whopping 4 foot high by 8 feet long was bought by my buddy for his Dodge truck project (and I got a lot of leftovers from this job!) for the grand total of $10. Hopefully, you weren't trying to buy the stuff from an autosound shop. That's just like going to the Mazda dealership for a leather steering wheel. That nugget will put you back $900, I kid you not. Now ya nose bettah...
03-04-02, 09:42 PM
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Dude I know what its like to be a kid w/o money, I was there once myself. Hell actually I still am, but you said brutually honest. I dont usually ever diss anyone ****, but best way to get an opinion is to just bluntly ask for it
Later on when you get ready to do the carpeting or whatever different. Autozone has it for like $9 bucks a 3 sq. yd roll, and get ya some Super 77+ Spray adhesive $8.44/can at Lowe's
Other than that, looks better than my first box did some 15 years ago
Oh a sheet of 3/4" MDF here is 18.84 I havent seen too many sheets of plywood cheaper than that
Later on when you get ready to do the carpeting or whatever different. Autozone has it for like $9 bucks a 3 sq. yd roll, and get ya some Super 77+ Spray adhesive $8.44/can at Lowe's
Other than that, looks better than my first box did some 15 years ago
Oh a sheet of 3/4" MDF here is 18.84
I havent seen too many sheets of plywood cheaper than that
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03-05-02, 12:56 AM
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MDF is almost always cheaper than ''real'' wood. The trim in my house is MDF, cause it cost half as much as actual wood trim. Glue and sawdust trim is fine with me
03-05-02, 01:32 AM
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Yeah, well I was a t Lowes 
, and the 3/4" MDF was $22.95 for a 4x8 sheet, and the 3/4" Plywood was $10.95 for a 4x8 sheet...like I said, I would have bought it, but I only had $13 cash . Next time....or maybe once I get a job, ill just re-do the box in MDF , since I'll already have all the measurments and what not.
~T.J.
, and the 3/4" MDF was $22.95 for a 4x8 sheet, and the 3/4" Plywood was $10.95 for a 4x8 sheet...like I said, I would have bought it, but I only had $13 cash . Next time....or maybe once I get a job, ill just re-do the box in MDF , since I'll already have all the measurments and what not.~T.J.
03-05-02, 01:49 PM
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28
Oh a sheet of 3/4" MDF here is 18.84 I havent seen too many sheets of plywood cheaper than that
Oh a sheet of 3/4" MDF here is 18.84
I havent seen too many sheets of plywood cheaper than that
And yet another ripped-off customer still going to the hated Lowe's
....today, I picked up another 4' x 8' sheet of 3/4" MDF for the whopping sum of $15.95...stop getting your clocks cleaned, everybody and do yer business at Home Depot...
03-05-02, 07:13 PM
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I thought about putting one 18" sub in the rear facing backwards and hook one of those awsome 1500 watt amps that you can buy for about $80.00 and hook it all up with some left over 16 guage speaker wire to run my power and ground with.
Would this be a good turbo upgrade? I think it will get me in the 9 sec track times.
Just Kidding, Just wanted to vent a little.
Would this be a good turbo upgrade? I think it will get me in the 9 sec track times.
Just Kidding, Just wanted to vent a little.
03-05-02, 08:20 PM
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Anytime baby!
Say if any of ya'll have some input on head unit installation (swass setups) take a look at the thread
Double Din to Single Din Adapter and Trim
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=59453
You guys might have some good ideas/past experiences.
Right on.
Double Din to Single Din Adapter and Trim
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=59453
You guys might have some good ideas/past experiences.
Right on.
03-05-02, 08:49 PM
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Originally posted by Felix Wankel
Home Depot kicks the **** out of Lowe's. They both still suck.
Home Depot kicks the **** out of Lowe's. They both still suck.
Here,here!! Well said, my good man!
----> RMD, next time, skip lunch or an arcade game and add that $2.95 to your $13 and you'll have the proper material (MDF, as if you didn't know by now...) for the second and final, proper build of your box!! Here, here!!
03-05-02, 09:04 PM
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Yeah I kinda wished Lowe's and Wal-Mart both would go bankrupt. I hate stores that try to organize a monoploy and get away with it. Hurts the small buisness man, but this the US. And anything goes.
~T.J.
PS - If you wanna check out the subs, just go to ebay and search for "Volfenhag" there are tons of em there...