Wattage/Speaker setup concerns

[AlpineRollaSR5]

To explain my whole situation here is a brief summary:

I had an Alpine CD Deck with 45 watts/channel and four (4) Eclipse speakers installed in my 1990 Ford Escort. The speakers were 5" circular in the front and 5" X 7" oval in the back. I crashed this car and got the stereo taken out.

A few months down the line... I now own a 1990 Toyota Corolla SR5 (La Toya) and the speakers will not fit (i haven't tried, i know that they won't) The measurements for the speakers of this car are as follows: 4" circular in the front and 5.25" circular in the back. The front eclipse speakers of the escort that were 5" will fit the corolla, and I am going to purchase new front eclipse speakers that are 4"...

********Here is the weird part that I am devising... I will have the 5" X 7" 's left over from the escort's rear. I want to make a box and put them in the rear of the new car in addition to the four speakers so that I have a 6 speaker stereo.

********HOWEVER, i am worried about a wattage problem. I would probably have to connect the rear channel to the two additional speakers (in the box) in addition to the 5" that i will already have there. Will 45 Watts divided by two deliver enough power amplification to the speakers or will they distort?? I guess the real question is... will 45 Watts power a 5X7" speaker and a 5" circular speaker together on the same channel?

Please email me or respond to this or both with questions and comments and answers. Thanks in advance for your time : ) If you have suggestions on alternative setups feel free to interject them!

Max Pell

Wagdog1@aol.com

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[MyTrunkSlamz 10+ year member]

run an amp at the 5x7s.........that should solve your problem....

 

[AlpineRollaSR5]

I don't have the money for that right now... will it work without an amp... how cheap can i get an amplifier for?

Max

 

[bass_master 10+ year member]

Your going to be really pushing it without a amp. Your head unit may have a 4x45W power but that is peak power, it's not what it can sustain for long periods. You also can't run 4 speakers off 2 channels because each speaker needs a channel to itself. If your not interested in running subs then your best bet is to buy a cheap 2 channel amp to run your 5x7's. Hope this helps. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[AlpineRollaSR5]

How much can I get a really really cheap amp for at a wholesale place?

How do I run the wiring to an amp and to the speakers?

My Alpine CD headunit has a preout in the rear for plugs. Do I use this?

I don't want the 5X7's to try to use sublevel b/c that will bottom them out... Please explain how I can amplify them... My knowledge is sub-amateurish. Thanks in advance for your time.

Max

 

[taylor 10+ year member]

first off why would you wnat 5x7's in the trunk.......????? buy an 8 inch sub or something and don't be a fool....save save save man.......never use deck power, it is like 10 watts at most, undistorted......buy a good 4 channel and run your fronts off of the amp and your sub off of the rear.

 

[AlpineRollaSR5]

The box would not go in the trunk. It would go in the rear deck in addition to the other two speakers..

Unfortunately I mistakenly thought the speakers were 5" speakers... they were actually 6.25"'s

This means none of my speakers fit so this is useless... thanks for your responses anyway.