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Put a little system in the Bonneville Yesterday

Old 07-31-2010, 10:51 AM
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12" 1500w Alpine Type R powered by a 500w RMS Hifonics Son Of A Boltar amp. Wired to 2ohms. but my wiring is junk and i have horrable voltage drop, with barely any bumps, hopefully tonight ill be getting a Optima Gel Cell Battery, and all new wiring to solvee the problem...
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What do u think?
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Originally Posted by raptor660
12" 1500w Alpine Type R powered by a 500w RMS Hifonics Son Of A Boltar amp. Wired to 2ohms. but my wiring is junk and i have horrable voltage drop, with barely any bumps, hopefully tonight ill be getting a Optima Gel Cell Battery, and all new wiring to solvee the problem...
If your voltage is dropping that badly, you need to upgrade your engine bay'* power wiring.

Also, the Type R is 500W RMS isn't it?
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Originally Posted by xtremerevolution
If your voltage is dropping that badly, you need to upgrade your engine bay'* power wiring.

Also, the Type R is 500W RMS isn't it?
yes the sub is 500w RMS. My wires are horrible so i think that'* the problem. I'm using a 10gauge plastic coated copper wire for a temp power wire. And it only has about 15 thick strands in it. and my ground is a 6 foot long in-home extension cord with the ends cut off. lol. don't judge me. lol. It was just to test these amps i bought. i tested this amp with 2 12" old school Type R'* in my buddies Janky Chrysler LHS and the amp performed great with little voltage drop. and the amp pushed those type R'* hard at less than 1/2 gain. But in my car i turned the amp up all the way and wouldn't bump that hard in a big ported box, and the amp would cut out when i turned the volume up more. Keep in mind. I didn't drive around with the amp playing like this. I don't want to damage the amp or kill my alternator. I was just checking it out. Our cars should be similar when it comes to charging systems and electrical.
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Here is the amp im using
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Originally Posted by raptor660
yes the sub is 500w RMS. My wires are horrible so i think that'* the problem. I'm using a 10gauge plastic coated copper wire for a temp power wire. And it only has about 15 thick strands in it. and my ground is a 6 foot long in-home extension cord with the ends cut off. lol. don't judge me. lol. It was just to test these amps i bought. i tested this amp with 2 12" old school Type R'* in my buddies Janky Chrysler LHS and the amp performed great with little voltage drop. and the amp pushed those type R'* hard at less than 1/2 gain. But in my car i turned the amp up all the way and wouldn't bump that hard in a big ported box, and the amp would cut out when i turned the volume up more. Keep in mind. I didn't drive around with the amp playing like this. I don't want to damage the amp or kill my alternator. I was just checking it out. Our cars should be similar when it comes to charging systems and electrical.
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id say change that up to real wiring and then do the big 3. should fix the voltage drop, and make sure your ground is a good one too. lol not judging either mang lol but for real id take that "temp/test" wire out asap. if ya have wire layin around like say 4ga do double runs of that for the big 3, might save a lil loot. i did it just cuz i had the wire already layin around, even got another 20= feet of 4ga still chillin lol. also im not too too sure about that amp but my guess is that it might not do rated power.
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im not using that wire anymore.. it was just test wires. Ive always liked Hifonics equipment. And like i said.. It was hitting 2 type R'* HARD with less than 1/2 gain and bassboost off. So itll be fine with my 1 Type R
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Just a side note... I thought you put your Bonneville on Craigslist.
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I've always heard good things about hifonics for the price.

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