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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ziggylycus" data-source="post: 5591339" data-attributes="member: 607222">Ok sorry if this has already been asked, I am on a school computer and the firewall is very picky on forums so search will not work. I have a 1988 chevy silverado with a 1960 283 corvette motor in it. the guy that owned it before me kept the wire haness for the original motor in there and just dropped the 283 in it. I have two 10" COMPVR Kickers and an Alpine MRV-T502 amp in it. whenever I start up the car to play anything the lights dimm horribly and then after about 10 secs the radio will cut out and it will turn back on and do it all over again. this has just started happening and was not doing this before.I was wondering if a capacitor would fix this problem ? Although I don't know how a capacitor would help because if the amp is not getting enough power the capacitor would just run out of juice and I would have the same problem at least I am thinking.Also before the dimming lights got really bad and I could play music on long trips the bass would cut out after a while and the amp would be very hot. This is a sign that I need a bigger amp ? if so what can I do to help my power in my truck beause if it can not handle the amp in there now it will not be able to handle anything bigger i would think.The lights seem to flicker when the music is off to, just not as bad. this leads me to think I have a short somewhere. none of my gauges work except my battery gauge but I naturally thought this was just because its a older motor and nothing is hooked up to it. most of the wire harness connections are just laying in the back of the engine bay behind the carb.Any feedback would be very helpful at this point. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</blockquote>

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