how much power does the stock alternator push out? because i was readin somewhere that if you put in a system you will prolly have to upgrade the electrical system because the stock one isnt powerful enough.. i have a 2001 cavalier and im lookin to put in 1 power acoustik FUBAR 12 W sub powered by a boss audio gt1500 amp. it looks like its gonna have 800 watts rms, and im wonderin if that if gonna run my battery down quick, or if its gonna blow anything. well, anything would be helpful, so if you kno somethin tell me. thanks
luke
u should be fine with just one amp, stock alt is 105amps
Yeah, 105amps should support it, but try doing the "big three" upgrade, it may help with dimming of headlights and make your electrical system that much more efficient...do a search, there a write up on this forum about doing it, and if you want you could get a yellow top battery or something to help with power delivery because i hear those a much better.
wysiwyg wrote:i would say they bang, they don't really pound so much. but if
you want to bump, then they will bump and hit real hard and a lot good. 
LOL
i have a simalar setup same sub nut not as big an amp only running a 1200 watt 600 rms it sounds real nice big three is very good idea
how much is the "big three" upgrade??
I'm runnin' about 1000 watts rms on the stock electrical system and my car dims really badly... Yellow top and big 3 are in my near future
eh big three can be done for like 10 bucks... I did mine with 2 guage wire for like...5....since my dad gets wire from work free...but yeah, its not expensive at all, and you maybe really notice a difference if experiancing dimming at all.... You just need like...5 or 6 feet of heavy wire, and some connectors and a fuse for between the alternator and battery...really simple...look it up
wysiwyg wrote:i would say they bang, they don't really pound so much. but if
you want to bump, then they will bump and hit real hard and a lot good.
LOL
I was running a nine.1 that puts out about 1400 watts at 14volts. and a nine.2 that was putting out 130 x 2. No big 3 and a fairly old battery. No extreme dimming atall.
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