Batcap 2000s and electrical advice.

[nbudros 10+ year member]

I have a

vw jetta 03

stock alt, 90/120ish at 2k simple....

I am running a batcap 2000 under the hood and one in the back in the trunk, fused properly and all that.

I am running a DLS A5, fronts and a sub at 4ohm, so 85x4 rms and 350x1 rms so 700 watts rms at full throttle.

My question is this, is 1 batcap 2000 enough to supply the car with enough power to run the system, and store enough power to not have any issues... or should I rock both... Or swap to a different battery and run just 1 under the hood.

Im also going to down grade to 4awg power wire soon.

I have 11in wide 7.25in deep and 8-9in tall to work with for battery space up front, for a single bat set up.

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[nbudros 10+ year member]

**** i know im a prick and that i never really post but jesus!!!

 

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

Have you done the big 3 up front?

 

[nbudros 10+ year member]

Ive done BIG2,

I havent done the alt to bat power wire. Due to the fact my alternator is a total *****. Ive never had dimming at all thought...

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

^^^Thats one of the biggest parts.Without that you might as well not done anything.

With what your running you should be fine.Those batcaps are pretty powerful.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

this nikka is riding GQ, 2 under. dont ask how we managed to fit em

 

[patotay 10+ year member]

looks good to me bud but i think you should do the big 3..

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

looks good to me bud but i think you should do the big 3..

He has no need to do the Big3. look at how much power he has total just for the amp. only 700ish watts. That is not a lot of power, especially for a VW(their altys are big to start with). I could run the same amp on a stock Honda alty and a stock die hard battery.

heck even that 2nd battery wasnt necessary, but shit it looks baadass under there, I wonder what the dealer would say lol.

one!

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

Yeah that setup is overkill for such low RMS total output. You could go to a single stock battery and be fine.