Project: BLACK METAL - '67 Camaro

[67rally]

Looks great so far and enjoying watching the build come along...

With your amps mounted on plywood that appears to close out the trunk, I was wondering how much bass will actually make it into the passenger compartment. Once the rear seat is in, it seems the bass will have to pass through and around a lot of "stuff". I know bass travels in all directions, but it does get affected by changes in density as it travels. I had a similar set up with plywood closing out the trunk but I only run one amp so I cut the plywood in half when I installed a single 12". I didn't want the sound pressure in the trunk affecting the rear 6x9's sitting on the rear deck.

Do you think a few ported holes in the rear deck might improve the bass coming into your passenger compartment?

That's a good question, but I think there will be plenty of bass. Each sub will see 500+watts RMS and the trunk isn't really sealed off from the front. There are air gaps along the wheel wells. I didn't want to port the sub directly into the rear deck because I want to be able to remove the sub box easily if I need to.

Maybe once I get it all set up I'll pull the rear 6x9's and use those openings as "ports" and then compare it with the 6x9's in the deck but no signal going to them. I have a couple of SPL apps on my iPhone so I can do a pretty accurate comparison. Maybe I'll do the same comparison without the back seat in as well. I'm waiting for the Retrosound Model 2 to come out in June, so I won't have the stereo finished until then, but I'm sure I have an old deck in the attic or basement somewhere that I can hook up in the meantime.



I'll let you know the results. Thanks for following along.