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<blockquote data-quote="4EVRLRNING" data-source="post: 4780450" data-attributes="member: 596946"><p>First of, I wanted to introduce myself and say sorry for a long post. My name is John Martin, 28 years old. I normally go by SATAN on car forums. That is how people usually know me. I am a metal fabricator for MAINLY for the z31 model 300zx. I build custom exhaust and intake manifolds and all kinds of stuff. I have a 1985 300zx, that I am aiming to get in the 9 second range very soon. Current fastest is 11.5. Anyways, that is not why I am here though...</p><p></p><p>Recently my wife picked up an SUV. I used to be mildly into car stereos about 8 years ago. My last good pair of subs were 15" Solo's powered by an Infinity Beta amp.</p><p></p><p>NOW, I just picked up a pair of dual 4ohm 15" L7s". Now I know what you are gonna say, "L7's are not great for SQ". I am aware, however my wife will never know so that doesn't matter. What matter's to me is SPL. I currently have an older MTX 81000d amp also known as the 1501, same amp. It is rated at 1500 dynamic at 2 ohms. I currently have 1/0 wire and a 150 amp breaker. I plan on doing "The big three" upgrade when I install all of this stuff.</p><p></p><p>Now, I want to get a bigger alt eventually but here is what I am thinking, and I would like some feed back on the idea from people who have experience. I would like to get 4 car battery's and wire them in a Parallel, then wire them to the amp. This would give me a good amount of current at 12 volts. The speakers as I mentioned are dual 4 ohms, I would wire each in a parallel then parallel them together to give me a 1 ohm load. Now, I know the amp is not supposed to be stable at 1 ohm, but it would not be the first time I have gone below what is recommended. The 4 batteries would ONLY be used on competition days as I know it is hard on the alt to keep them charged. The rest of the time it would just be the 1 battery up front.</p><p></p><p>This is all just from a little reading I have done in the past couple days. I have read a little about batcap's and how they are cool and then some people say they are just a regular blah blah battery nothing super special or whatever. I will make those decisions when the time comes I guess.</p><p></p><p>Anyways sorry for a long post, but it was an introduction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4EVRLRNING, post: 4780450, member: 596946"] First of, I wanted to introduce myself and say sorry for a long post. My name is John Martin, 28 years old. I normally go by SATAN on car forums. That is how people usually know me. I am a metal fabricator for MAINLY for the z31 model 300zx. I build custom exhaust and intake manifolds and all kinds of stuff. I have a 1985 300zx, that I am aiming to get in the 9 second range very soon. Current fastest is 11.5. Anyways, that is not why I am here though... Recently my wife picked up an SUV. I used to be mildly into car stereos about 8 years ago. My last good pair of subs were 15" Solo's powered by an Infinity Beta amp. NOW, I just picked up a pair of dual 4ohm 15" L7s". Now I know what you are gonna say, "L7's are not great for SQ". I am aware, however my wife will never know so that doesn't matter. What matter's to me is SPL. I currently have an older MTX 81000d amp also known as the 1501, same amp. It is rated at 1500 dynamic at 2 ohms. I currently have 1/0 wire and a 150 amp breaker. I plan on doing "The big three" upgrade when I install all of this stuff. Now, I want to get a bigger alt eventually but here is what I am thinking, and I would like some feed back on the idea from people who have experience. I would like to get 4 car battery's and wire them in a Parallel, then wire them to the amp. This would give me a good amount of current at 12 volts. The speakers as I mentioned are dual 4 ohms, I would wire each in a parallel then parallel them together to give me a 1 ohm load. Now, I know the amp is not supposed to be stable at 1 ohm, but it would not be the first time I have gone below what is recommended. The 4 batteries would ONLY be used on competition days as I know it is hard on the alt to keep them charged. The rest of the time it would just be the 1 battery up front. This is all just from a little reading I have done in the past couple days. I have read a little about batcap's and how they are cool and then some people say they are just a regular blah blah battery nothing super special or whatever. I will make those decisions when the time comes I guess. Anyways sorry for a long post, but it was an introduction. [/QUOTE]
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