4th Bandpass can have as good, if not better performance than a standard 4th vented. The trick is, you need to find a driver suitable, and many times this is not easy with most "car audio" subs on the market. The biggest problem is that most of the newer subs are so uncompliant that they have a super low Vas and must must be put into small enlcosures to avoid excess ripple. In a bandpass this is a problem do to the fact that 100% of the output is coming from the vent, and it is often very unpractical to get the size vent you need into the proper box. if you are using a 10" or 12" driver with a Vas less than 2ft3 or so, good luck... Especially if you are using a single driver. When you find a driver that suits the bandpass criteria better (I listed a few and modeled them on a thread last month to help a guy out, turned out to be a waste of time) model it on any of the availible programs. Look for a decent response with less than a few db of ripple and don't get all crazy with the gain. A few db is a good target to start with.. If you start getting gain happy, you'll either end up with a very narrow passband or a very narrow passband and an unacceptable amount of ripple. 60-70Hz of bandwidth is well more than enough. I wouldn't try to extend the lowend F3 below 30 Hz for in car use if it sacrifices efficiency or increases ripple.... Good luck...