Pics! 2015 wrx fiberglass enclosure progress

[emu1342]

For those of you who may remember, I posted a topic about my materials list and a lot of people had some great advice that has led me to this point.

I'm a little less than half way done with the enclosures and would like some advice with positioning the speakers and anything else you guys can offer advice on.

They will probably be pointed slightly upwards to avoid any contact with items in my trunk. Will this produce any cancelation?

I am also about to measure airspace. The bag of packing peanuts I bought covers about 1.5 cubic feet of airspace. How can I accurately reduce that to 1.2-1.3?

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[The Camry]

Cut off like 4 inches from the end. It doesnt have to be exact.

 

[The Camry]

Or create cardboard little boxes that are 6x6x6in. Think origami. Thats .125 cuft. So two of them would be what you need to lose.

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

Don't take away any volume! It's not that much. Plus, have you factored driver displacement?

 

[emu1342]

The subs require 1 cu ft of airspace. I figured the .3 would be enough to factor the speaker displacement. Should I just try and fit all 1.5cu ft of packing peanuts?

 

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Cut off like 4 inches from the end. It doesnt have to be exact.

I'll probably be trimming the enclosure up. I overshot on purpose. Thanks for the tip

 

[BassAndBeer]

Or create cardboard little boxes that are 6x6x6in. Think origami. Thats .125 cuft. So two of them would be what you need to lose.

bro that car on your sig is sick man LoL.. and by the way threadstarter, that enclosure looks like its gna come out nice.

 

[emu1342]

Also, does anyone have a recommendation on where I can store my amps?

 

[The Camry]

Also, does anyone have a recommendation on where I can store my amps?

https://www.google.com/search?q=amp+racks&rlz=1C1VSNC_en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAra6M-LzLAhVO-mMKHauvBWsQ_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=659#tbm=isch&q=amp+racks+car+audio

also you can actually figure out how much to cut off. lxwxh=y............... Y/1728=cuft

so if you cut a 5in by 5in by 10in section. you'd lose .144 cuft.

play with your measurements and find out what you need to lose. but honestly. i dont think .3 cuft is gonna make them sound worse. better efficiency :3

 

[emu1342]

https://www.google.com/search?q=amp+racks&rlz=1C1VSNC_en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAra6M-LzLAhVO-mMKHauvBWsQ_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=659#tbm=isch&q=amp+racks+car+audio
also you can actually figure out how much to cut off. lxwxh=y Y/1728=cuft

so if you cut a 5in by 5in by 10in section. you'd lose .144 cuft.

play with your measurements and find out what you need to lose. but honestly. i dont think .3 cuft is gonna make them sound worse. better efficiency :3

Thanks. I knew I was gonna have to create some sort of rack. Maybe some ideas on placement? I was thinking where the spare tire was... But I would like easy access to them. Then I thought mounting them right on the enclosure... Idk

 

[The Camry]

Definitely dont mount on enclosure. Ever felt an enclosure at high volume? Vibrations like crazy. Do you really want your expensive amp vibrating constantly?

Easy way: slab of wood. Carpet it. Call it good.

Hard way: build a false floor. Recess amps into it. https://www.google.com/search?q=car+audio+amp+rack&rlz=1C1VSNC_en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYva6a-rzLAhVL7WMKHawXBtEQ_AUICCgC&biw=1366&bih=659#tbm=isch&q=car+audio+false+floor&imgrc=XI-7gnUhjLYfmM%3A

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[emu1342]

Definitely dont mount on enclosure. Ever felt an enclosure at high volume? Vibrations like crazy. Do you really want your expensive amp vibrating constantly?
Easy way: slab of wood. Carpet it. Call it good.

Hard way: build a false floor. Recess amps into it.

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Lol! I like the easy way

 

[The Camry]

be sure not to mount an amp upside like that though. most are designed to dissipate heat from their top side.

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

be sure not to mount an amp upside like that though. most are designed to dissipate heat from their top side.

If the "top" of the amp isn't covered, it doesn't matter how it's mounted...

Just need to make sure it's getting airflow for cooling

 

[The Camry]

If the "top" of the amp isn't covered, it doesn't matter how it's mounted...
Just need to make sure it's getting airflow for cooling

Eh. Mosfets to heatsink. Heat sink on top(which then becomes bottom) heat has to flow on and around the board. Not good.

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[emu1342]

Began the cutting process today, most of it is pretty thick, but I do see some areas to work on