My 1995 Toyota Camry has an 80amp alt and my lights slighty dim when I'm only at 450w gain wise, when my amps can handle near 1000w. However, this isn't what I'm worried about. I am more concerned for the health of my two amps, both of which get extremely hot after an hour or so of use. They even sometimes go into protection mode, and I'm now fairly certain that this is what killed my previous amp, which was a SoundStream Van Gogh 800.5.
I don't need something overly large, just around 120-130amp. I've seen the larger alternators and the accompanying large price tag, and I don't think I need or can afford to go that high. I am just looking for something fairly cheap that will save me from having two dead amps. I've already eaten a $300 loss, which could have went to an alternator if I only realized what was going on //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
As a side note, I don't mind if the alternator idle amps are low, I am always driving when listening to music. For reference, my car sits at about 900rpm when idle.
