Max amount of power on electrical before upgrade?

[Beaver1992 10+ year member]

lol what did u bass race with it i did a 141.9 with mine on 4ga then after i did second batt and 1/0 i could do 145.5

it was a 140.1 i think. but that was in a trunk firing into the trunk. i turned it around and sealed it off since then

 

[Beaver1992 10+ year member]

do you wanna blow your amp or somethin....seems like it.

i have two batteries in the trunk. never went into protect barely even got hot. and no dimming even

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

Never hurts to try things and if it's not enuff upgrade from there.

I would do at least

big 3

couple runs of 0/1 gauge

2 new batts, one under hood and another in back.

If this isn't sufficent, time for new alt.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

if you get a fairly efficent amp and put at least 2k-3k cranks amps of bat in the trunk you should be fine with a 120amp alty. I run my kx 2500.1 + car off a single d3100 with no problems staying around 12.5v full tilt, stock 120amp alt.

1/0, good grounds, and big 3 are a must.

 

[87regal 10+ year member]

I have an '04 dodge ram 1500 4.7v8. I want to run around 2500W, and I was told I am going to need a HO alt, and an extra battery. I was planning on just doing the big 3. Will I be okay? Whats the max you can run on stock electrical? Not sure how many amps my alt puts out though

I asked the same question a while back on dodgetalk.com forums. there were a few people running over 2000 w/o HO alternators. where are you putting your sub(s)? I'm getting ready to build a fiberglass box for under the back seat of my 03 QC.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Ah okay. I want to put it in a custom box behind the seats. Previously I took out the middle seat and but the box there but its kinda dumb looking

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

some people add capacitors to help their stock electrical //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif ...I think the rule of thumb is 1 farad per 1000 watts...iirc

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Capacitors ****. Add a battery.

Oh, and 1.21jiggawatts per farad. They'll add teh deebeez.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Ill probally do big 3 and another battery.