1995 Civic

[DTK 10+ year member]

Does any one own that kind of car ??? planing to get my first car on friday i saw it today took it for a test drive and when i was looking at it i notice the small battery now heres the big Q //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif am planing to run 3 12" CVRs with an amp pushing 1400 wats rms i know am gona need an extra battery to run this but can the alt. take the charge of 2 batteries ? and also the second battery is a lil bigger than the one on the car is da bad ? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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Nahh i doubt the car could take that charge its like 60ish amps if i recall correctly....i own a 1995 Civic 4dr currently....maybe the higher models have bigger alts

Mines a DX and i believe its like 65amp

 

[DTK 10+ year member]

should i just get a 5.0 frag cap ???

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

you should get a better alternator

 

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should i just get a 5.0 frag cap ???

Nope....look into a H.O. alt.

And its Farad:graduate:

 

[bbaccord 10+ year member]

get a H.O. alt. I fried the alt. on my 99 accord with just about the same power, and mine had I think a 95 or 105 amp from the factory.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

The electrical system is pathetic in these cars. I have a 94' Civic... mine is getting two large HO alternators and 3x Kinetik HC-2400 daily (up to 6 for competition).

I know that isn't normal... but what I do suggest for daily would be at least a 160-amp HO alternator, the best under-hood battery you can get (Duralast Gold from Autozone is a pretty good battery) and a secondard large battery like a Kinetik HC2000:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-95-NEW-HONDA-CIVIC-HIGH-OUTPUT-ALTERNATOR-160-AMPS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33573QQitemZ130052919388QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

* 160 amp alt from reputable seller, 70 amps at idle... so more than factory peak at an 800 rpm idle.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KINETIK-HC2000-KCH2000-CAR-AUDIO-BATTERY-POWER-CELL-NEW_W0QQitemZ120104899371QQcategoryZ50552QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

* Kinetik HC2000 from reputable seller

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

why not just buy a v6 car? most v6's have over 100 amp alternators //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

lets see....$200 part, or a multiple thousand dollar new car? tough choice.

 

[DTK 10+ year member]

thank you ppl am gona keep looking for a car i guess not hondas lol well if is a v6 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif but any recomendatons of a car within 2500 to 3000 am in a really bad need of a car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

im probably going to be getting a civic also.

97+ though. my girlfriend had a '00 lx with the 60 or 70 amp alty. we had the x600.1 in there with the big 3 and only at full tilt would we get dimming.

ive read of people running 2500d's on stock electrical with no issues.

you could look into accords , celicas , integras etc. all good for a first car. parts are generally easy to find and get **** loud.

my $0.02.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

im probably going to be getting a civic also.97+ though. my girlfriend had a '00 lx with the 60 or 70 amp alty. we had the x600.1 in there with the big 3 and only at full tilt would we get dimming.

ive read of people running 2500d's on stock electrical with no issues.

you could look into accords , celicas , integras etc. all good for a first car. parts are generally easy to find and get **** loud.

my $0.02.

You can hook up a 2500D on a stock electrical system, sure... but you are looking at 225-250+ amps of current to actually get 2500 watts from the amp. Which they aren't getting from a stock electrical system in a Civic, period... ESPECIALLY if they don't report massive dimming issues.

To properly feed that sort of current demand you really need a system at least like I described above... 160+ amp HO alternator and a big reserve battery like a Kinetik HC2000, equivalent, or larger.

 

[DTK 10+ year member]

You can hook up a 2500D on a stock electrical system, sure... but you are looking at 225-250+ amps of current to actually get 2500 watts from the amp. Which they aren't getting from a stock electrical system in a Civic, period... ESPECIALLY if they don't report massive dimming issues.
To properly feed that sort of current demand you really need a system at least like I described above... 160+ amp HO alternator and a big reserve battery like a Kinetik HC2000, equivalent, or larger.

sundown what car do you recomen me to get ?

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

sundown what car do you recomen me to get ?

I like the Civic... it'll just need electrical upgrades for a system. Spend about 400 dollars on the electrical and go for the Civic, IMHO.