Chris Dennis Posted January 22, 2015 Report Posted January 22, 2015 I am trying to get everything I need in order to start building my system for my suburban. The system is going in a 1994 suburban with no 3rd row. Right now, everything is stock except for a Red Top battery. I want to run a SAZ 3500 (or similar 3500 watt amp) which will be powering two Sundown Audio Z v.2 18's. Going to wire everything down to 1/2 ohm. What power upgrades am I looking at doing. I know I will have to do the big 3 upgrade. Should I being looking for a 240 amp alternator or higher? Will I need a 2nd battery? Is there any other quality alternators out there that are a little cheaper than the Mechman's and DC's? I am not sure what power amp I will be getting for the door speakers yet but it will have to be enough to power 6 speakers, maybe two of them being component speakers with tweeters for the front.
saabgotbass Posted January 22, 2015 Report Posted January 22, 2015 I found doing a run of pos/neg from front to back, HO alt, AGM up front and 2 g31s in the back to do the trick when I had a single 3500 and a aq120.4. Also big three.
Chris Dennis Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Posted January 23, 2015 I found doing a run of pos/neg from front to back, HO alt, AGM up front and 2 g31s in the back to do the trick when I had a single 3500 and a aq120.4. Also big three. Ok I will start looking for those AGM batteries. What size alternator would you recommend I look for? Also, iIs there any cheaper brands that provide quality power. I would rather not have to spend $600 for a Mechman or DC.
Kyblack76 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Posted January 23, 2015 Contact SINGER. Best alts on the planet. Even better service. Pay extra for a hair pin. SMD SUPER SELLER The Burban Build Blazer Build sold Acura trunk build sold
notorious97200 Posted January 23, 2015 Report Posted January 23, 2015 You want to run your amp at 0.5 Ohm for daily ? You can get more power to run at 2 Ohms (or 1 if you don't have the sub yet). It would be safer for the amplifier. Or even 2 smaller amps strapped. I'm not too confident for 0.5 Ohm ! It will work, but won't last as long as usual IMO. Don't try to go cheap on the alternator and on the batteries : you will need some of them, at leat 2-3 Group 31 batts in the rear. black BMW X1 2.0 l 192 hp OEM head unit, Amplifiers : Audison AP 8.9 with integrated DSP and Ampere Audio 1200. Focal ES 100 K in front doors, and Dayton RS 180 for midbass under the front seats. 2 SSA DEMONS 10" subs, in a sealed box. SecondSkin Damplifier on front doors, and Luxury Liner Pro for the cargo area.
hdorre Posted January 23, 2015 Report Posted January 23, 2015 Contact SINGER. Best alts on the planet. Even better service. Pay extra for a hair pin. This sums it up.. well.. perfectly On 5/8/2011 at 7:38 PM, Kranny said: On 5/8/2011 at 7:35 PM, 'Maxim' said: It hurts me inside when I read stuff like this and remember you're 15 LMFAO so true Mitsubishi 3000GT (Old Build) Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS Frontstage: (2) McLaren Audio MLT-2 Tweeters & (4) PRV Audio MR Series Neo 6.5" Mids Substage: 4 15" Hybrid Subs - Tantric Motors & Sundown Softies Amps: Banda 2.4D Amp (Tweets), American Bass VFL 350.4 (Mids), and (2) Ampere 3800s Electrical :Singer 260A Alt & JY Power Lithium 2005 Chevy Colorado Ext Cab Headunit: Pioneer 80PRS Frontstage: 4 PRV 700Ti Tweets & 6 10" Delta Mids on 3000wrms Substage: 6 Fi BTL 18s in a 4th Order Walkthrough on 3 Wolfram 4500s Electrical: Singer "390" and JY Power My Official Feedback Thread
hoit Posted January 23, 2015 Report Posted January 23, 2015 the good stuff aint cheap...the cheap stuff aint good. the more planning, research and saving up for the right equipment will be well worth it! a good alt (singer for me) as well as the big three is a must! ive got 2 D3400s just for my saz2500. I would imagine you need to have at least one extra agm batt for bank. don't know enough about super caps to even think about suggesting. 2007 Chevy Aveo Ls sedan 2 Sundown Xv2 on scv4k @ .5 ohm 2 pair RE XXX 6.5 components on sax200.4 @ 2 ohm Big Three, Three runs 1/0 power from front to back, 1 ground front to back Two runs ground from rear bank to chassis XS power d3100 upfront, 3 Odyssey 2150s in bank Singer 220 amp alt
Chris Dennis Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Posted January 23, 2015 You want to run your amp at 0.5 Ohm for daily ? You can get more power to run at 2 Ohms (or 1 if you don't have the sub yet). It would be safer for the amplifier. Or even 2 smaller amps strapped. I'm not too confident for 0.5 Ohm ! It will work, but won't last as long as usual IMO. Don't try to go cheap on the alternator and on the batteries : you will need some of them, at leat 2-3 Group 31 batts in the rear. Ok, I am new to some of this so I didn't know better. I thought 1/2 ohm would get me more power to the subs than 2. I already have the subs. They are two Sundown Audio Zv.2 18"s. Here is the specs for them http://www.sundownaudio.com/index.php/products/discontinued/item/z-series-v2.html What amp would you recommend I look at to get around 1500 watts a piece to each sub at 2 ohms?
Chris Dennis Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Posted January 23, 2015 just a quick search I found that the Crescendo Bass clef 5500 puts out 2800 watts at 2 ohms. So that would be sufficient for what I would be looking for except now I assume I would need more power and batteries than you already recommended? http://www.crescendoaudio.com/index.php/products/amplifiers/item/bc5500d.html?category_id=2
BEEKAY Posted January 23, 2015 Report Posted January 23, 2015 I'm running a 275 amp Singer alt with an XS D2700 under the hood. 2 pos and 2 neg runs to an XS D3100 running my SAZ 3500 at 1ohm and I dip to about 13.7 while driving and low 13s, high 12s at idle.
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