Capacitors

[shorty24sev 10+ year member]

I have a 1991 honda accord with jls all around and a jbl 1200.1 for my 12w7. My lights are dimming pretty bad. Would a Lighting Audio Strike Power Capacitor be good enough to fix this problem? thanks for the help

-tom

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[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

New alternator or get your current one rewound....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

- Steve

----*There should be a forum for all of these electrical/capacitator/alternator questions (Oh, wait - there is )

 

[shorty24sev 10+ year member]

i heard doin this would make my car drive slower..is this true?

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by shorty24sev i heard doin this would make my car drive slower..is this true?

getting a capacitor or upgrading your alternator?

 

[mrray13 10+ year member]

Originally posted by shorty24sev i heard doin this would make my car drive slower..is this true?

neither will make ur car "drive slower". slap whoever told ya that. but ss3079 is correct...get the new alt(or urs rewound). that should cease the dimming.

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by mrray13 neither will make ur car "drive slower". slap whoever told ya that. but ss3079 is correct...get the new alt(or urs rewound). that should cease the dimming.

I agree, proceed with the slapping...I just wanted to know what he was talking about. Maybe hes a ricer and thinks a cap will add too much weight to the car and in turn slow it down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Brock I agree, proceed with the slapping...I just wanted to know what he was talking about. Maybe hes a ricer and thinks a cap will add too much weight to the car and in turn slow it down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Dude its all about weight distribution - I'm so picky that I evenly distribute the weight by placing the battery in the trunk:evil:

- Steve

 

[shorty24sev 10+ year member]

no im not a racer. I heard that theres more tension or something and its just like having ur ac on. Whenever i turn my ac on a lose horsepower and my car drives very slow...well even slower than it does already.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

From a 91 Accord? How many miles are on it? What size engine?

- Steve

 

[shorty24sev 10+ year member]

I have 138,000 miles on it(still runs fine) and i think my engine is a 2.0 4 cylinder.

 

[excelonperu 10+ year member]

with 138k miles on it you are very close to change your piston rings, honda engines dont last al long as domestics, cause they usually rev up a little more, probably you have lost some kPA of compression, have it checked.

As long as your question for for rewounding your amp: 750 watts= 1hp, so even if you would have a system with 1500 watts rems all the time you will onlly loose theorically like 2hp, I dont think think you will see any loss of power.

 

[shorty24sev 10+ year member]

okay thanks alot. Do you know where i can get a alternator and also how many amps do u suggest. I have a jbl 1200.1 right now and might get a jl 300/2 for the components. thanks for the help

 

[rco8786 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Brock I agree, proceed with the slapping...I just wanted to know what he was talking about. Maybe hes a ricer and thinks a cap will add too much weight to the car and in turn slow it down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

or maybe they think that the higher amp alt would require like 100x more power to turn the pulley. but i doubt you could even measure the difference on a dyno

 

[rco8786 10+ year member]

Originally posted by excelonperu honda engines dont last al long as domestics

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[excelonperu 10+ year member]

okay what Im saying is for example, how often must you change your rings in a 2 stroke engine? (bikes) yeah more often than in your car why? because they usually go up to 7k or 8k RPM, now, Honda is well known for their vtec engines, they put out 100hp liter because they run at 7k or more RPM, so their piston rings receive more stress than for example a diesel engine, which may last like 500k miles.

Now domestic cars USUALLY dont rev up very much, considerating that 80% of the cars sold here have an automatic transmission which usually make shifts before 4k RPM or even before 3k RPM, their piston rings dont suffer very much, as a result you may have to fix your honda engine before your chevy-ford engine