Spare Tire Well Air Space...

Asus_

I'll be lurking this thread. I want to get 12W7AE-3 into a Z (ported), needs a big enclosure so if you can manage 15" then the 12" should be easy!

Cant wait to see the end results!

ChopsZ

The 12W7 doesn't need a large enclosure per say as much as it needs one that's deep. The mounting depth of that 12" drivers is 9 inches! My Alpine 15" Type S is only 7 inches. It requires a max of 2 cf sealed vs the W7 that only needs 1.75 cf ported.

I'll probably actually be going larger than that and end up around 2.5 cf sealed when all said and done.

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DrNumbers

I'm curious; Why are you going so far over the recommended volume for the enclosure?

ChopsZ

So I can tune it to my car, my liking. You can always make a large enclosure smaller via stuffing, but can't really make it bigger. Plus, going with a slightly larger enclosure will help flatten the response a bit.

I'm not too concerned with the driver having a lower power handling capability due to the larger enclosure since I'm running a low powered system to begin with and won't be pushing the system that hard. Again, strictly SQ here. Not to mention that a larger enclosure will actually increase efficiency a little.

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