97 f150 sub choice

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Topic: 97 f150 sub choice

Posted By: saturnsubohio
Subject: 97 f150 sub choice
Date Posted: November 28, 2007 at 10:02 PM

Hey everyone

My friend has a 97 F150 regular cab, with one of those ugly funky wedge boxes.

His measures 6.5" Deep, 42" across (the seats) and 16" tall

He currently is running a Power Acoustik amp in 2 ch @ 110W RMS

He wants to get some tighter punchier bass, i suggested a new box, he says he doesnt want to muck with it.

what can he do to improve the bass response of this awkward box???

As i find its ~2.5cu ft which is huge... he wants to buy a new sub and stay under 250 dollars.

any help is greatly appreciated.

i said, Alpine Type S Dual 4ohm in Parallel running Mono on that amp, with adding a pound of PolyFil to the box... but something seems weird when i think about that in my head.... please help i've been outta the Car stereo game for a bit.

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2006 WRX STI
Electrical Engineer
Ohio University Alumni

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: November 29, 2007 at 10:43 AM

Change the box. The box is what is going to make or break the output of any sub that is mounted into it. Get a box made to spec for that Alpine sub or the new one to guarantee the results.

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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

Posted By: saturnsubohio
Date Posted: November 29, 2007 at 4:06 PM

forbidden wrote:

Change the box. The box is what is going to make or break the output of any sub that is mounted into it. Get a box made to spec for that Alpine sub or the new one to guarantee the results.

I said the same thing, he claims he cant do a different box and is claiming that the box was built by the place that installed it.

He is far away from me so i cant even look at it....

But advice is appreciated if there is something else possible.

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2006 WRX STI
Electrical Engineer
Ohio University Alumni