drxlcarfreak

Hi guys, I finally have purchased all of the components for the first stage of my system except for the subwoofer. As the title says I am trying to decide on the size and box type to use. I have a 2001 Jetta and will be using Cadence amps which are very long. Earlier I was trying to fit a 15" Q in a slot port enclosure and was having a very hard time fitting everything in my trunk and still having access to my spare tire. I have only heard sealed enclosures before, would I benefit from the larger enclosure and reduced trunk space? How would a slot ported 12" Q compare to sealed 15"? These options seem much better for my limited trunk space. What do you guys think I should do? Thanks!

Good to know. I can go up to 41 inches wide. I did have a layout for that. I will have to try to upload it later. I would like to get around 3.5 cf, I dont think I can go much shallower though, all the way across with the same depth still only gives me like 3.7 cf minus the ports. These amps are really some of the biggest I have ever seen! I can put one amp back there but do you think they would have a chance to overheat back there?

Can anyone give me a hand?

Hey there guys, I spent some time today drawing up a box in my trunk in sketchup. This is the smallest spec'd size for the 15" at 2.8cf plus 0.19 cf for the driver and 1.03 cf for the porting. Will this box perform well?

Here is approxiamately what my trunk looks like with dimensions. I am still trying to play around with sizes to get everything to fit, but it is pretty hard when you need to also fit 2 11x25x2.12 inch amps in there too! Thanks for any help you guys can provide!

Hello guys, I am new to this site, and just getting back into car audio. I am planning to run a 15" Fi Q powered by a Cadence TXA-1000D. From what I have read I will benefit from a ported enclosure because I like to listen to rap and music of the like. I was planning on using a slot port enclosure because of the area required for these ports. I have used WinISD properly I believe and have gotten a 3.5 cf chamber tuned to 32 hertz. I used a port size of 3x16.5 and got a length of 29.35 inches. Does this sound remotely close? I also have a question based on sizing the box as I am having trouble fitting a box this size in my trunk along with two cadence amps while maintaining SOME trunk space. If I went to the 2.8cf-3.0cf (minimum) enclosures would I really notice the difference in bass? Thanks guys!