Tolahouse,

It's difficult for me to say how it sounds. The sub only has about 1.25 cu. ft. of airspace, which is about the minimum for this sub, and I do get nice, tight bass from this box. However, in my previous car (a VW Passat), I had two 10" Boston Acoustic subs in a much larger ported box, and they moved ALOT of air, so my current set up somewhat pales in comparison, although most people, my wife included, would find that it is more than adequate. In any event, I am adding another sub whenever I get time to build a new box.

When I built the current box, the sub was powered by a Rockford Fosgate 600a5 , but when I decided to add another sub, I bought a 6 channel Memphis MB-17, which is now powering my system. The sub has dual 4 ohm voice coils which I have wired for a 2 ohm load. The Fosgate was rated at 200 watts into 2 ohms, the Memphis is rated at 300w.

The reason my box has legs is due to the fact that it goes across the entire trunk, overlapping part of the spare tire and even some of that basket thingy that holds it down. In my Passat, I had the same issue, but removing the box only involved disconnecting the subs, whereas my current box also contains the amp, eq, and crossovers for my Boston 6.53's. So instead of trying to find a way to quickly and easily disconnect all that stuff, I just modified the box to make sure I could get the spare out. At the time I made the box, the E was our only car, so this was of prime importance.

I don't have any pictures of the box, so I'll try to describe it. Imagine it to be about the width and height of the gas tank, and about 9" deep. The box is seperated almost evenly across its width. The driver's side is the enclosure for the sub. For the other side, I built a hinged panel that contained the EQ and crossovers on one side and the amp on the other, so all you see when you open the trunk is the sub and the amp. I chose this design mostly out of space considerations, because the EQ and crossovers had a footprint nearly the same size of the amp.

I hope this helps and wasn't too long-winded. If you have any other questions, you can e-mail me at lrgaston@worldnet.att.net.

Lloyd

[This message has been edited by LRGaston (edited 04-12-2000).]