What would you put to 2 Sa 8"s

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

I've got a christmas gift feeler, and its 2 sa 8s. The reason for the small subs is that well, I drive a zx2 and the trunk isn't that large anyways, and the 12 I got in there is just taking up too much room, and my car comes with an 85 amp stock alt and I dont wanna run a lot of power on it. SO, I am looking for a good, moderately priced (Nothing crazy expensive) to power these subs, and I want to know if I should get them dual 2 or 4 ohm. And then what amp to those wired at what ohm.

Someone help me pick out an amp for this probable christmas gift!

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[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

SA8's are 400rms. So you're looking at 800rms for a pair. A pair of D2's would be wired to 2ohm. a pair of d4 would be wired to 1ohm. Look around and find an amp that does ~800rms at either 1 or 2 ohm thats within budget. You can decide from that which coild configuration to get.

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

Aren't the sa line drivers underrated?

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Aren't the sa line drivers underrated?

Yes, but RMS ratings are there for a reason...

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

yea true, but you dont always have to follow the rms ratings...

 

[Deeper_shades 10+ year member]

id give them the saz-1200.

use wisely.

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

id give them the saz-1200.
use wisely.

Can these subs take 1k of abuse? Clean signal of course.

EDIT: NM/ Found the answer I was looking for! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

You should see if you can get 3 so you can triforce.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

LOL, did you read the first post I have a zx2, and I think it comes stock w/ an 85 amp alt (Never really looked into it)

Edit: Just looked, its 95 (I think) lol

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

LOL, did you read the first post I have a zx2, and I think it comes stock w/ an 85 amp alt (Never really looked into it)
Edit: Just looked, its 95

I have a fully loaded lincoln town car with the same size alt... run 2200 rms off it with one extra g31 deka

 

[SilveyPuck08v2]

I ran a pair of SA-8's off a JL Audio 500/1v2 & they sounded great.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

I have a fully loaded lincoln town car with the same size alt... run 2200 rms off it with one extra g31 deka

This is good to know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif No excessive strain, or burned alts? Do your lights dim bad?

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

This is good to know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif No excessive strain, or burned alts? Do your lights dim bad?

I had to replace the 17 y/o original alt a couple months later, but there is no dimming unless i flog it on "pretty boy swagg"

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

You could look into SoundStreams stealth line?

STL1.1200D - Soundstream Monoblock 1200 Watt RMS D Class Stealth Power Amplifier

DTR1.900D - Soundstream Monoblock 900 Watt Class-D Series Amplifier

Both of these amps are small, I guess it would just depend on how you want to mount it. Obviously the D tower mount vertically and the stealth horizontally. I'm pretty sure SS can be had cheaper on ebay too.