Bump in the trunk (or hatch)

[Hondahunter]

^ check you're sources dude, capacitors are kinda pointless. 2 battery's or bust. I only had a cap cuz I got it from a bud with a wiring kit he didn't use. And it made zero difference with dimming. Also what is a 1 "ph" cap. It should be measured in farads.

ph is the NEC abbreviation for farads... the only difference from a capacitor and a battery is the cap will not create its own power it is just a storage device. the rule of thumb is 1 farad to 500 watts but some amps require more. I upgraded my big 3 with 4ga. wiring and saw improvements on dimming so a 1.5 farad on my 250 watt system should do what it is suppose to. When wired in properly and the correct ga. of wire is used with ample grounding the amp wont know the difference between the cap or a battery. power is power no matter how it gets there. You may have had a bad cap or not enough to keep up with your amp. My system I had in my jeep had mtx12 in bandpass box, 4 6" powerbass 3 ways in the doors and 2 alpine 200 watt amps ( 1 was for sub the other 4x50 ) and ran 4ga. power and 2 ga. ground with all 0ga. on the big 3 and I put in 2 1.5 farad caps in the mix and no dimming at all so I know the caps setup will work just not wanting to add isolators and the other stuff to add in 2nd battery

[Hondahunter]

as soon as I upload pics from phone to the site I will show the evolution of my hatch area with new sub and amp not just the 6x9's anymore

[Hondahunter]

the 1st pic is the 1st config for my hatch area... ran it for about a week before changing to the config in the 2nd pic freed up some hatch space and gave bass some expansion room once i lay down the dynamat and upgrade my speakers I'm planning on a fiberglass enclosure. its a work in progress but hey that's the fun part

[sflindall26]

Here is my current system;

Freeway 3.5" Single Din DVD,
4 X 6.5 Percision Acoustic 3 way Mid speakers,
Kenwood amplifier 1800watt (max) 900watt (rms) @ 2 ohms,
2 x 12" MTX JackHammer in a Ported MTX Audio enclosure,
Toggle switch to turn amplifier on and off,
4 guage Amp kit
Motomaster Eliminator Performance Battery

[Sal]

I know im resurrecting this thread but figured id share. wish there were more picks up from everyone else but oh well...

This is just the Temp.. I will be doing a fiber install to try and save some space. unfortunately this box takes up all of it as you can see, but it sounds amazing. i will probably invest a little more than $5 on a MONO amp, and add a capacitor for more steady power as well. But for now I have :

Pioneer DEH-4000 Head unit
Polk Audio DXi400 Speakers in the front
w/ 300hz Bass Blockers
Polk Audio DXi460 Speakers in the rear
w/ 150hz Bass Blockers in Baffles
12" Kicker CVR in a Ported box
$5 Profile Baja 400W Amp (i bought at a garage sale ) in a
box with a fan to cool it.







Welp, what do you think!?