Not as loud

[808FORDFANATIC 10+ year member]

Hey guy's, i hooked up my sons amp & subs in my car.

its not as loud as when it was in his car, i noticed that his power & ground wire were 8 ga. & mine are 10 ga. could that make such a difference

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[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

It wont really make a big difference. How many watts is the amp?

 

[808FORDFANATIC 10+ year member]

it's a pioneer 300 watt 2 channel amp powering 2 pioneer 10" subs, the subs are the 400 impp model if that helps any

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Are they wired the same as he had them or did you rewire them?

Did you change the gains any?

How big is your car compared to his?

 

[Mark_ab 5,000+ posts]

There could be a myriad of subtle differences that can cause the loss in output. First and formost is the vehicle itself. Try chaning the direction the subs are facing. Go to a local welding store and pick up some 8awg. It's too cheap to skimp on. If you are still suffering from a lack of output you can always change your enclosure type/size.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Yep it is probably the car. The 10 to 8 guage will not make a difference.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

pick up some 8 gauge, it will allow more current flow *not much more but it will allow a little* anyways, try what everyone said about the enclosure style/size/placement, and if that doesnt help, check if the wiring is the same as it was, as well as let us know what car it came out of, and what it went into.

 

[joshpoints 10+ year member]

I'd say it's the vehicle. Your car's rear seat may have more insulation/sound deadening materials in it. Try pulling down your rear seats and see how it sounds. You may also have to tweak the gains if your hu has a different voltage on the preamp outputs.

 

[808FORDFANATIC 10+ year member]

Thanks for the reply guys,

my sons car is a 02 chevy malibu, mine is a ford focus sedan

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

i would say the ford would have less insulation......but why does he have the nicer car lol.

 

[808FORDFANATIC 10+ year member]

The 03 Focus is just 1 of our vehicles, I also have a 03 F-150 Ford Supercrew truck W/ 22" wheels & a whole bunch of other mods to much to list //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[caraudionoob 10+ year member]

are you using the same head unit?

 

[disturbed_cbr 10+ year member]

Oh yea man fold down the back seat and get you some 4 guage. Also those Pioneer sounds good in a sealed enclosure of 1.75 c/f. They sound really decent. Jumping from

8 awg to 4 awg helped my sound out alot (Wal-Mart 25$ for the whole wiring kit if you have one....