An 8" woofer will produce directional bass - I dont think it would sound good with only one side. But yes totally possible to build. I wouldnt cut the footwell to fit the enclosure though.

 

directionality is primarily due to frequency...the size of the woofer doesn't matter.

Toby

 

I just dont get the feeling a single 8" combined with a single set of components - even with rear fill - would be a satisfactory system. Unless it has an exceptional amount of airspace and possibly a decent tuned box which wouldnt be very easy to manage without taking too much space in the footwell or cutting the floorboard as you suggested earlier.

For a customer that is willing to experiment and doesnt mind a few follow up sessions to tweak and mod, I would say go for it and see what happends but for someone who wants everything to be set and go, done the first time, and be an all in one deal - its not worth the gamble when a 10 in the back is a sure fire thing.

 

I can't disagree that a 10 would be better than an 8, all other things being equal, but you can base a system around an 8...

We did a 76 280z with a single 8 in a sealed .35 cu ft enclosure and a pair of 5 1/4 coax's in custom kicks...that's it. The 8 got about 250 watts from the back half of a Lightning amp, and the coaxes got 40 watts each. While it wasn't earth shaking, it sounded very good. Many people who heard it thought there were at least 2 10's in it.

We also did a new mustang (pics on my site) with the same 8, getting 150 watts from a 5 channel crossfire. The other 4 give 50x4 to 4 6 1/2's. Again, it was not a big boomer, but sounded very good. This 8 was also in a sealed box, about .4 cu ft.

Neither of these used any eq at all, and both were set up once, and have not been back, and both customers are very happy.

Small systems like these can be made to sound very good, but things like speaker placement become critical. One of the nice things about them, though, is that they are simple...fewer phasing problems, no need for big power wire, less to go wrong, etc.



Toby

 

I've personally done that exact setup in several Miatas, 911/936's, Z3's, and a BMW 8-series. Almost all owners were very high-end audio enthusiasts and were very happy, if not blown away. No offense, but I'd even wager a couple of those cars were louder than yours.

 

=/ ill take that bet.