r32 boot minimum dimensions

[SuAvE-1]

G'day all.

I need some help with the following. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I have decided to build a box to the specifications recomended with the subwoofer. It is a Pioneer TS something 300C (the one with the really fat cone surround and carbon-fibre centre cap.

The car is a 1990 GTS-t. It is still in Japan. I'm waiting for import approval. I'm currently running the sub in my old subbie box which is a lot larger and has no chance fitting in the shallow boot of the skyline. I'm looking to design a box now because the pioneer in its current box sounds like crap, and I want to be able to put it in the car first thing.

I'd prefer to maintain maximum boot space so I want the subbie to sit back as far as possible. I can use the whole width and height of the boot, with the length of the boot the adjusting factor.

My question is, is the maximum height and width of the box ( say, just before it hits the Hicas box and slides nicely as far back as possible past the strut towers.

I took a look at a r32 GTR boot yesterday and he had the stock boot floor insulation and that looked like it was almost two inches thick! Is it worth keeping for any reason? The taller I can make the box, the less distance it has to come outwards.

I estimated the maximum width would be about 50cm between the two strut towers and maximum height to be around 25 cm between the insulated floor and the hicas box. Any variations to that? Anything that might make that smaller?

Any other recomendations to what I could do? I'd like to keep my space saver though.

Thank for your help people.

[grandmasterb]

  SuAvE-1 said:

G'day all.  

 

I need some help with the following. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

I have decided to build a box to the specifications recomended with the subwoofer. It is a Pioneer TS something 300C (the one with the really fat cone surround and carbon-fibre centre cap.  

 

The car is a 1990 GTS-t. It is still in Japan. I'm waiting for import approval. I'm currently running the sub in my old subbie box which is a lot larger and has no chance fitting in the shallow boot of the skyline. I'm looking to design a box now because the pioneer in its current box sounds like crap, and I want to be able to put it in the car first thing.  

 

I'd prefer to maintain maximum boot space so I want the subbie to sit back as far as possible. I can use the whole width and height of the boot, with the length of the boot the adjusting factor.  

 

My question is, is the maximum height and width of the box ( say, just before it hits the Hicas box and slides nicely as far back as possible past the strut towers.  

 

I took a look at a r32 GTR boot yesterday and he had the stock boot floor insulation and that looked like it was almost two inches thick! Is it worth keeping for any reason? The taller I can make the box, the less distance it has to come outwards.  

 

I estimated the maximum width would be about 50cm between the two strut towers and maximum height to be around 25 cm between the insulated floor and the hicas box. Any variations to that? Anything that might make that smaller?

 

Any other recomendations to what I could do? I'd like to keep my space saver though.  

 

Thank for your help people.

Im in the same situation at the moment and wondering what way to go, have you thought about a bazooka style tube for the sub? Doesn't take up much room, easy to make (once you know how) and doesn't cost much. Very light and easy to move and can fit anywhere you want it to go in the back of the GTS-t

[SuAvE-1]

thats not a bad idea grandmasterb,

I would take it into consideration, but I needed to give my mate the dimensions of the box about a week ago, so I gave him a design for a 'wedge' type box which should hopefully be almost as high as the boot, sit as far back in the boot as possible, span the width of the boot (between the strut towers) and come out towards the back of the car.

I've had to go on the very rough estimate i took when i looked at the boot of a r32 gtr. it had an inch or two of padding so that distorts things a bit.

The end result should be a box which is designed perfectly to the subbies specifcations, hopefully just small enough to fit in the back of the boot with no problems.

The picture attached shows the measurements and what i mean if want to design something similar.

I used the caraudioaustralia.com calculator as a tool. its very useful for designing basic subbie boxes.

Good luck with your own subbie box.

[grandmasterb]

  SuAvE-1 said:

thats not a bad idea grandmasterb,

 

I would take it into consideration, but I needed to give my mate the dimensions of the box about a week ago, so I gave him a design for a 'wedge' type box which should hopefully be almost as high as the boot, sit as far back in the boot as possible, span the width of the boot (between the strut towers) and come out towards the back of the car.  

 

I've had to go on the very rough estimate i took when i looked at the boot of a r32 gtr. it had an inch or two of padding so that distorts things a bit.  

 

The end result should be a box which is designed perfectly to the subbies specifcations, hopefully just small enough to fit in the back of the boot with no problems.  

 

The picture attached shows the measurements and what i mean if want to design something similar.  

I used the caraudioaustralia.com calculator as a tool. its very useful for designing basic subbie boxes.  

 

Good luck with your own subbie box.

Yeah mate pity you didn't post it up a little earlier, i ahve thought long and hard about the limited boot space and the tube style sub box just seems to be the best option for me. Let us know how ya go with your boot install and when i get some free time and get my act together i'll let ya know how i go. By the way your car looks extremly familar i think i still ahve pics of it actually on my computer somewhere? Send me a PM with ya email mate and i'll send em your way if ya like?

[predator]

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The picture attached shows the measurements and what i mean if want to design something similar.

I used the caraudioaustralia.com calculator as a tool. its very useful for designing basic subbie boxes.

yeah, thats what i used to build my 12" box a while back.. it was a great tool. unfortunately at the time I built it so the height was as high as possible to save on the other dimensions.. unfortunately for me I sold my R33, and now have an R32, and it doesn't fit! Anybody want to buy a nice 12" box to suit an R33 ?

[grandmasterb]

Finished bulding my tubes, i'll post up a couple of pics and show ya. Now to test them :wassup: