Well I'm looking for a few tips/tricks/guidelines for my new enclosure. This will be the first enclosure I have built, but I have excellent wood-working skills. My truck is a Regular cab; however, there is plenty of room behind the seats (not so much behind the center console). I have a single Audiobahn Flame Excursion 12'' sub that is being powered by an Alpine Amp that has up to 700 watts RMS @ 4 ohms. The sub is a single 2'' 4ohm voice coil, 92.8dB efficiency, and responds to 28Hz-1kHz. From the audiobahn site they recomend:


Let me know what you guys think I should do. Thanks.

 

I just built two boxes for my 10's this weekend. I don't remember the exact measurements I used, but I think I made it 1' high, 1' wide, the base was about 10" deep and the top was about 3" deep. I used 1/2" particle board. I didn't bother to port my box and it sounds good.

This was my first time building a sub box and I think I did a pretty good job. They're big enough to accomodate the subs, but small enough to allow you to put the seat far enough back to be comfortable.

 

Its hard to tell you what you should do, with out knowing what you want. Do you want ported or sealed? Do you still need some space behind the seat or dont care?

The only thing I can tell you right now, is to use 3/4" MDF. If I end up getting a RC, I'm probably going to get 1 12 and try to build the biggest box I can, leaving room for 2 amps.

 

Well thats what I was asking-I dont know which is better (sealed or ported). I need a little space behind one seat for random stuff. I've also heard of putting some kind of foam inside the box-what is the reason for that.

 

Well I just found some new information and It appears that the Subwoofer will like a sealed box better. So I just need some general tips on building the sealed box. Also-can I create an extension off the sub box (ex: 15"x12" straight off the top along the back wall) to mount the amp to? Will the vibration of the sub box affect the amp? Thanks to all that have replied so far for your help.

 

use 3/4" MDF, 1 5/8" drywall screws, wood glue between the boards and liquid nails on the inside of the box along the seams and your good to go.....maybe some poly fill as needed (you will just have to see how it sounds).....the vibration will not mess the amp up any, we mount amps on sub boxes sometimes and it doesnt hurt, just DONT mount the amp upside down and you are good....actually i would recomend a piece of MDF to mount the amp to so you dont drill holes through your back wall....