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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3461310" data-attributes="member: 569830">As for brackets, you can have most any metal shop in town rig them up for you. You&#039;ll need the alt in hand first, so they can measure and such.An external regulator is a box you mount, usually in your engine compartment. It controls your alternator&#039;s output voltage. You can usually adjust them via a knob, sometimes from 13 to 20V. So if your amp can handle higher voltages, then you can crank the voltage up and get more power out of it. However, your car&#039;s electronics and battery can&#039;t handle 17-20V, so this is why you isolate the 2nd alt and battery from your car&#039;s native electrical system. You would also need a battery than can handle 16V+ to do this... I believe most 12V batteries could give trouble when charging at those higher voltages.As for an amp, there are a few options, but I&#039;d say if you can give us an idea of your budget, then we could better advise you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3461310, member: 569830"] As for brackets, you can have most any metal shop in town rig them up for you. You'll need the alt in hand first, so they can measure and such. An external regulator is a box you mount, usually in your engine compartment. It controls your alternator's output voltage. You can usually adjust them via a knob, sometimes from 13 to 20V. So if your amp can handle higher voltages, then you can crank the voltage up and get more power out of it. However, your car's electronics and battery can't handle 17-20V, so this is why you isolate the 2nd alt and battery from your car's native electrical system. You would also need a battery than can handle 16V+ to do this... I [B]believe[/B] most 12V batteries could give trouble when charging at those higher voltages. As for an amp, there are a few options, but I'd say if you can give us an idea of your budget, then we could better advise you. [/QUOTE]

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