Sundown Sa 15 on ~1300 rms

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

Is 1300 watts rms too much power for one of these sundown Sa 15's? They are rated at only 600rms, but I know that they are way under rated. I have two of them that will be running off a zx2500 at 2 ohms, in a ported enclosure.

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[DoesDad 10+ year member]

How's your electrical?

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

240amp alt, big 3 in 0 gauge, optima YT under the hood, two runs of kun KCA 0 to the back, kinetik 2400 in the back.

 

[DoesDad 10+ year member]

Good electrical. Set your amp gains correctly and you should be fine.

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

What does your HU put out? Should be fine. Just make sure it's clean power.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

Good electrical. Set your amp gains correctly and you should be fine.

thanks, yeah that'll be a challenge as I've never set an amp on my own, I'm sure i'll be back here before I go full tilt to make sure i'm not clipping or anything.

 

[splwj47 10+ year member]

make sure ur amps are set properly, try it out, if they get a little smelly turn ur gain down. i know my lvl 3s cant handle that much.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

What does your HU put out? Should be fine. Just make sure it's clean power.

I have a kenwood KDC 138, which isn't a great deak I know, but it says it does 2000mV/10kohm. so around 2 volt output. Which should be fine, the amp "prefers" a low voltage I guess.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

make sure ur amps are set properly, try it out, if they get a little smelly turn ur gain down. i know my lvl 3s cant handle that much.

Are you talkin DD's? yeah I'm sure if I sent a distorted signal to them it wouldn't take long to *** something up

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

@zigzag420, nice ride/system btw.

mine's goin in an 04 grand cherokee.

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

Are you talkin DD's? yeah I'm sure if I sent a distorted signal to them it wouldn't take long to *** something up

Level 3's are DC, not Digital Designs.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

haha my bad, shoulda read your sig first.^^

 

[splwj47 10+ year member]

[quote name='Jerhemy']@zigzag420, nice ride/system btw.

mine's goin in an 04 grand cherokee.[/QUOTE]

thanks man, gc's are the ****, i love mine. pretty easy to install audio equipment in to.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

thanks man, gc's are the ****, i love mine. pretty easy to install audio equipment in to.

Fawk yea man, plenty of room for wires and such in the trim and engine bay. you ever have issues with your's idling down to like 350/400 rpms and staling out? mine has done this once, but it gets close quite often sitting at stop lights.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

Dayum though, those lvl 3's are beefy lookin compared to my Sa's, hope I don't have issues giving them double their rms rating.