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I am new here and have lots of questions for you all.

Some of these questions are probably very stupid and I should already know the answers...but I don't, so take it easy on me please.

I had been running the same system for the past 5 years in my old vehicle, and I want to change it up.

Old vehicle R.I.P, "new" vehicle= 2004 Ford Escape (3.0 v6 if it matters)

Here's the plan... Stock alternator, Optima yellow top, big 3 upgrade, SoundQubed HDS315, SoundQubed Q1-1200, sub up-port back...

Now the questions:

1. Will I be alright with this, or will I NEED a high output alternator and/or additional battery?

...will have lots more questions based on this answer

2. I should I wire from 2 ohm to 1 ohm...correct?

3. Can I run 0 gauge wire?

4. Anyone have a contact for box design?

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I am new here and have lots of questions for you all.

Some of these questions are probably very stupid and I should already know the answers...but I don't, so take it easy on me please.

I had been running the same system for the past 5 years in my old vehicle, and I want to change it up.

Old vehicle R.I.P, "new" vehicle= 2004 Ford Escape (3.0 v6 if it matters)

Here's the plan... Stock alternator, Optima yellow top, big 3 upgrade, SoundQubed HDS315, SoundQubed Q1-1200, sub up-port back...

Now the questions:

1. Will I be alright with this, or will I NEED a high output alternator and/or additional battery?

...will have lots more questions based on this answer

2. I should I wire from 2 ohm to 1 ohm...correct?

3. Can I run 0 gauge wire?

4. Anyone have a contact for box design?

1. If you're only running the 1200 most likely, add a AGM battery just in case

2. Depends on what ohm rating sub you get. They have a dual 2ohm sub and a dual 4 ohm version. I would go dual 2 ohm and wire it for 1 ohm to the amp

see this for wiring http://www.jlaudio.com/header/Support/Tutorials/Wiring+Dual+Voice+Coil+%28DVC%29+Subwoofer+Drivers/Tutorial%3A+Wiring+Dual+Voice+Coil+%28DVC%29+Subwoofer+Drivers/287544http://www.jlaudio.com/header/Support/Tutorials/Wiring+Dual+Voice+Coil+%28DVC%29+Subwoofer+Drivers/Tutorial%3A+Wiring+Dual+Voice+Coil+%28DVC%29+Subwoofer+Drivers/287544

3. yes.

4. yea its called the torres calculator. Do some research on T/S Parameters. Or Soundqubed sells atrend enclosures. I would go with a custom box that you build specifically for that woofer.

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aculous,

Thanks for the reply!

1. AGM battery in the back with the amp/subs? I'll need to research how to hook up an extra battery/where to fuse, etc.

2. That's the plan...Thank you for confirming!

3. I wasn't sure if it would hurt anything to run too big of wire..NOOB

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aculous,

Thanks for the reply!

1. AGM battery in the back with the amp/subs? I'll need to research how to hook up an extra battery/where to fuse, etc.

2. That's the plan...Thank you for confirming!

3. I wasn't sure if it would hurt anything to run too big of wire..NOOB

1. http://www.ceautoelectricsupply.com/addabatterykit.html

Check them out. Depends on how you want to do it. Most of the time you run a 0 gauge line from your battery up front to the rear. You can also us a battery isolator as well thats a good idea but do some research, they're not hard to hook up but just read a little bit before jumping into it.

3.fair question no problem. Really you could get away with a lot lower gauge wire but just run 0 gauge you will most likely upgrade in the future and then you only have to do it once instead of everytime you upgrade.

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If you add an AGM in the back, make sure you replace your stock batt under the hood with an AGM also.

I've heard that before, why is that again?

Simply put, you don't want to mix batteries, it can cause one to drain/damage the other.....there may be more to it than that.....maybe someone else can expand on that.

All I know is that you want to keep everything the same.

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If you add an AGM in the back, make sure you replace your stock batt under the hood with an AGM also.

So, yellow top under the hood and in the back?

I didn't know if I would be alright with just the one since I'm only running 1,200 watts

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