HELP ! Changing Wire Gauge

[StreetShaker]

Hey I'm running 2 cerwin-vega HED 12's on an alpine mrv t320 amp. I had my original system installed with a 10 gauge wiring kit. I wanted to know if I want to change the wiring to 8 gauge which i think will slightly increase performance, do i only need to change the speaker wiring from the amp to the subs themselves or the entire wiring kit to the amp ?

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[dr. no 10+ year member]

You would need to change the amp's power and ground wire. What's the RMS on your amp?

 

[StreetShaker]

The Alpine amp has a 2*80 watts rms but I have the amp bridged and its doing 210 rms. But i know that the amp is underrated for sure, because its really pumping hard on 2 cerwin vega 12's. So would it matter if i changed the gauge to 8 gauge or not ?

 

[dr. no 10+ year member]

I seriously doubt there would be any audible difference.