PaulO2288 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Alright, My buddy has a 1996 Honda 4 Door Civic, which happens to look almost identicle to Steve's ill post pics. He had an Alpine amp for his highs which is around 200 watts or so and he has a alpine sub amp produceing around 750-800 watts. I just built a box for 2 12" CVR's and man does it slam alot harder than his older 2 AudioBahns lol. Im going to redo his wireing in the future because it looks like hes running 6 guage wire from his battery to his amps and now with better subs his amp is drawing more current and is causeing bad voltage drop to about 10volts and the amp goes into protect. Thats a given. Yeah its real bad. He was thinking of adding a capacitor for the time being till it warms up for me to rip apart the car and redo the wireing or add a second battery. His alternator is stock and is a 60 amp alternator. I was thinking of having him getting a Kintetik 600 and run his amps off of that once having the front battery connected from that. We need something to help keep his volts more stable and have extra power. No need for someting like a hc2400 or anything. A 10 farad cap will help but i dont like capactors. Ive seen them do more harm then good. So we were thinking of adding a kinetik 600 and that should help solve the problem until i rerun the wires. Anyone know which would work better? Help please Heres the car. Ill get more pics soon. Shes full of purple neons also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Forgot to add, His auto tech tech from schools afraid of his alternator burning up trying to produce enough electricty for his batteries if we go that route. He said a cap will be better. I would rather take the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphis_finest1 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thats a hot ride !!!! Quote ALLAH's the most gracious, he made the universe the most spaciousSeen and heard in all places, but still appear facelessEmbraces all races, all caste and all casesIn every spec of life he's the substance of all traces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron813 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 A battery would be much better also do the big three and if possible get a bigger alt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 A battery would be much better also do the big three and if possible get a bigger alt I plan on it, but for the time beng will the battery deffintally be the way to go? It wont kill his 60 amp alt will it? Thats what hes worried about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Battery > Cap. I would go with a GOOD battery upfront, a helper battery in the back and upgraded wiring. The BIG 3 will also help him get the most out of his alternator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron813 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 (edited) He shouldnt kill the alt it would do more harm to the batteries from being drain and the recharged slowly from the alt and over and over again and again it will kill the battery i would just find the biggest powermaster or Kinetik battery that you can put up front that should take care of also do the big 3 Edited December 7, 2007 by Aaron813 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MegaloManiac Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 lets see the purple neons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO2288 Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Got to get more pics, He ended up hitting a squirrel and it broke one of the bulbs, but they should be working again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Image Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Honestly, why dont you do it RIGHT the first time. There is only one thing in the car that will actually give you more voltage and amperage. That is the alternator. I dont see why people beat around the bush on this, if the factory is 60 amp, with the car running you looking at maybe 30-40 amps of usable current at 100 duty cycle. I would highly highly suggest doing the alterator first before you have headaches down the road if anf when it dies Quote www.batteriesareus.com Home of Audioforce and The V Batteries USACI Credentials 2009 0-1000 Trunk World Record 154.0db 2009 1001+ Trunk World Record 153.2db 2007 1801-3000 Pro Stock World Champion 2007 1801-3000 Pro Stock World Record 2006 1001-5000 Pro Stock 2nd Place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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