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Mechman Alt Quality?... Better than OEM?
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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8731611" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Yes, but depending on your listening habits it may not be the best or least expensive option. We have a very large Korean 9K amp in my brother's civic on stock alternator and 240AH of LTO cells and it's adequate for whatever he does and pushed hard he would burn up subs before he ran out of reserve. </p><p></p><p>Except which of these "350A" alternators will ever make that hot and at idle or at normal driving RPM? How fast will an alternator load down and be able to produce that current for dynamic program material? Some reserve either with battery or super caps is nearly always a good idea.</p><p></p><p>Really that was probably the most sensible suggestion on this thread especially since you're probably not trying to compete or beat down the block or whatever. It is unlikely stock electrical will really get you where you want to be but it would be a good base line from which to start and you could make your own observations on which upgrades give you what by way of real world performance in your day to day use.</p><p>There's not a right answer here and there's certainly many ways to approach feeding amps properly and how any of them works is almost entirely dependent on your install and how you play it. </p><p></p><p>Yes, electrical upgrades are expensive particularly if you want to keep your voltage really solid and buy stuff that's going to last. Third worlders making 5 cents a watt amps seems to fool a lot of noobs into thinking that getting big power is a poor man's hoby but it is not and never will be. Even before the ultra cheap full bridge became popular most of us planned to spend more on electrical upgrades than we spent on amp(s) once you get beyond what stock electrical will support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8731611, member: 614752"] Yes, but depending on your listening habits it may not be the best or least expensive option. We have a very large Korean 9K amp in my brother's civic on stock alternator and 240AH of LTO cells and it's adequate for whatever he does and pushed hard he would burn up subs before he ran out of reserve. Except which of these "350A" alternators will ever make that hot and at idle or at normal driving RPM? How fast will an alternator load down and be able to produce that current for dynamic program material? Some reserve either with battery or super caps is nearly always a good idea. Really that was probably the most sensible suggestion on this thread especially since you're probably not trying to compete or beat down the block or whatever. It is unlikely stock electrical will really get you where you want to be but it would be a good base line from which to start and you could make your own observations on which upgrades give you what by way of real world performance in your day to day use. There's not a right answer here and there's certainly many ways to approach feeding amps properly and how any of them works is almost entirely dependent on your install and how you play it. Yes, electrical upgrades are expensive particularly if you want to keep your voltage really solid and buy stuff that's going to last. Third worlders making 5 cents a watt amps seems to fool a lot of noobs into thinking that getting big power is a poor man's hoby but it is not and never will be. Even before the ultra cheap full bridge became popular most of us planned to spend more on electrical upgrades than we spent on amp(s) once you get beyond what stock electrical will support. [/QUOTE]
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