keepin my voltage up!!!!!!!

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

im pushin one 12' dmx with two massive p.3000 amps. the amps r being powered by 2 optima red top batteries, currently a stock alternator and a 18 farad cap. to really push the twelve ive been having to rev the engine to keep my amps from clipping out, and as u all know thats not an option in a street beat comp. hit me up w some suggestions!!! thanx

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[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

More batteries (I'd suggest some xs power D3100's or large batteries of the sort), upgrade wiring (go overboard), lose the cap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif...

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

with the current setup i was able to hit a 149.7 w the one 12 in my trunk. i was thinkin possibly running a second run of power wire from the front battery to the rear. and then rippin out the stock wire going from the alternator to the main battery and replacin it w some 0 gage. could a line driver help at all also??

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

It's been my understanding that you shouldn't replace stock electrical wire but add to it.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

redo ALL your charge cables, known as big 3. actually you dont have to rip out the stock stuff, just add to it. Alt to batt, engine to frame, batt to frame.

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

i drive an alero. . i have about 4 cubic feet worth of box not counting the port and baffle and sub. very large box. . not much room to fit another battery. . and those p 3000s are quite power hungry. what will losing the cap do for me?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

i drive an alero. . i have about 4 cubic feet worth of box not counting the port and baffle and sub. very large box. . not much room to fit another battery. . and those p 3000s are quite power hungry. what will losing the cap do for me?

eliminate something useless thats just putting a draw on the electrical system

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

so ur sayin just add another run of wire to the current one. . that shouldnt be to hard. im lookin at alternators also. . .know of any good high performance ones out there?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

lets see some pics of this and we can go from there.. you have a spare tire well? anything in it?

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

yes just add, but you need to do the rest of the wires also or it wont do much good, also if the alt has its own ground upgrade that too. You need to do the whole system.

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

ha yes my second red top optima is in it currently

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

i drive an alero. . i have about 4 cubic feet worth of box not counting the port and baffle and sub. very large box. . not much room to fit another battery. . and those p 3000s are quite power hungry. what will losing the cap do for me?

I dont have much room either...but a spare-tire well is pretty handy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

also red tops arent the best choice in batteries, maybe ok for under the hood but thats it. I would atleast get yellow tops. There are alot of other brands also. You need some deep cycle or AGM batteries in the back.

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

ya, its what i have to work with at the moment //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[alerotdx 10+ year member]

how the hell do i put up a pic saved on my computer??