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I still need to tuck up some of the wiring, gonna get that started soon, now that it's finally warming up. 2 infinity 12's 2 kicker comp 10's 2 infinity amps, and 1 1 fared cap. I'm gonna ad another 2 channel infinity amp as soon as my budget allows. problem is becoming the lack of space. and need at least one more cap and maybe a battery in the back?
 

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looks nice, I would almost wanna hide the amp in the tire well for a little usable trunk space.... but I weird :th_king-normal:
 
retski420 said:
I still need to tuck up some of the wiring, gonna get that started soon, now that it's finally warming up. 2 infinity 12's 2 kicker comp 10's 2 infinity amps, and 1 1 fared cap. I'm gonna ad another 2 channel infinity amp as soon as my budget allows. problem is becoming the lack of space. and need at least one more cap and maybe a battery in the back?
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dont add another cap change that 1 out with another that is a 5 farad cap that should work fine . also if i were you i would swap the 2- 10"s for another set of 12's . 10's just arent as deep as 12's in my opinion . other than that it actually doesnt look to bad from the pic. would be nice if that was all 1 box .
 
Ya I'm hoping to do some shop work finally, I actually had to do everything out in the street of my old apt. I bet my neighbors loved that, seats, and carpet, and dash lying all over the lawn lol. I just bought a new house with a nice 2 car garage so I can actually work on doing it right the first time. The 2 10's I pulled outa my last vehicle and they were just laying around so I figured why not. I thought that they would really mess with the sound quality, but with everything turned all the way down, the bass and mids, are super tight.
 


only thing I see is the one box is awful close to the surround on the one 12 (I like some extra space there myself)
 
I saved a little space by putting my caps in the pass thru. You've already lost the pass thru, so you may as well stick something in there.

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I wish to god the 04 had that pass through. I am really debating about making a permanant one in mine. But hacking into the leather has me nervous lol. When I do I will post alot pics if it turns out the way I think it will.
 


I would suggest getting rid of the two tens, porting the box with the 12s, and replacing the cap with a decent sized batt. The lack of the two boxes will give you more space, less wires, and the batt will definitely be a better option compared to the cap which really doesn't help much.
 
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I would suggest getting rid of the two tens, porting the box with the 12s, and replacing the cap with a decent sized batt. The lack of the two boxes will give you more space, less wires, and the batt will definitely be a better option compared to the cap which really doesn't help much.
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all a battery is is a bad cap (they store energy, but can't discharge as fast) they are great for key off runtime, but not transients
 
When I competed in SPL we used Batcaps. Been a few years and I don't even know if they still make them but try looking them up. One of my old team mates had about 8 of them if your interested I'll look him up and see if he still has any.
 
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When I competed in SPL we used Batcaps. Been a few years and I don't even know if they still make them but try looking them up. One of my old team mates had about 8 of them if your interested I'll look him up and see if he still has any.
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They do still make bat caps, and are nice to use. I am on a bunch of audio forums and know people who still use them. As to the battery being a bad cap comment, anyone who is serious into audio does not use caps. They discharge too quickly, and store too little power. 1 farad is equal to roughly 1 second of power, nice little demo huh? Look into putting maybe a Yellow top back there instead of the cap and you should be fine. The stock alt is I believe 105 amps? So that, a nice batt up front, maybe a red top, and then a yellow top in the back should hold you over for a while. Batts hold more power than a cap and discharge slower so you can get more power out of them. If you need some good proof here is a link: Click here
 
I am on a board that Richard was a major contributor and he still recommended caps when needed (they are for transients not to band aid a weak alternator) check out CARSOUND.COM Forum - Powered by vBulletin also bear in mind I have been an IASCA and CMAA judge (when I competed if you had a second battery you lost points every time)
 


I saw very few SQL cars using caps when I competed. Just for the shear fact that it would put them in a modified class or didnt go with the install. Mostly the SPLers used them just because they "Burp" the subs. We had a monster 50 farad cap in one of our S-10s but yanked it out and replaced it with 2 optima yellow tops and got much much better results (helped it had an Iraggi alt). Guess it all depends on what you want. IMO if you want a quick fix to dimming lights I would do a cap or bat cap. Really no need in doing the whole 2 battery deal for a street banger. just my .02 tho
 
1)anyone who is serious into audio does not use caps.

2)So that, a nice batt up front, maybe a red top, and then a yellow top in the back should hold you over for a while. Batts hold more power than a cap and discharge slower so you can get more power out of them.
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1)I guess that means Steve Meade, Dave "Danger Boy" Johnson, Gary Biggs, Micheal Hughes and quite a few other of my friends that I have met over the ears of competing and installing are not serious about audio. Also I guess that by default makes me not so serious about audio.

2)Putting 2 different designed batteries in without a isolator is horrible advice, in fact putting 2 different sizes and type batts together in any case is not very good advice at all.


I am not going to comment on which is better a 2nd batt or cap, because I think they should be used in conjuction. As do all the other competitors I mentioned above believe.
 
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1)I guess that means Steve Meade, Dave "Danger Boy" Johnson, Gary Biggs, Micheal Hughes and quite a few other of my friends that I have met over the ears of competing and installing are not serious about audio. Also I guess that by default makes me not so serious about audio.

2)Putting 2 different designed batteries in without a isolator is horrible advice, in fact putting 2 different sizes and type batts together in any case is not very good advice at all.


I am not going to comment on which is better a 2nd batt or cap, because I think they should be used in conjuction. As do all the other competitors I mentioned above believe.
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what is your opinion on my point of them being similar (only the cap is faster) I am just wondering?
 
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