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Hello, in a few weeks I am going to finish putting together my system. I plan to have it running close to 1000 watts RMS and I was wondering if it would be possible that this would be too much bass for my little truck. I will be using an amp that can run 1000 watts @ 4ohms stable, bridged to one sub. The sub woofer (haven't decided on a brand) will be a 1200 watt RMS/4000 peak sub, hopefully that will be enough of a buffer zone to keep it from going boom.. well.. make that pop, it's supposed to go boom.
I don't have sensitive ears, quite the opposite actually especially in the right from years of shooting. But I do love to hear my music, I know I can turn the bass down but when it's up all the way I don't want to be killing my ears, and my truck.
How will running a 1000 watt system effect both of those? Paying a few hundred dollars for my system, I'm not going to want to pony up some cash to cover the cost of a performance alternator when I kill my old stock one.
The alternative to the 1000 watt system I plan on running is to run the system to one or two subs at 500 watts, instead of bridging the amp to one sub for a 4ohm 1000 watt experience. Would running a 500 watt system put any different of a drain on my vehicle? I can see how running it to two 500 watt subs could be a problem because it would still total 1000 watts, but I can run it to one sub and only have a 500 watt system, with room for improvement when the funds for a high performance alternator come available. Or of course, if I could find a higher amperage alternator that will bolt into my truck (3.0) from another car/truck/van I could potentially go that route and pay less money. I just bought a new battery because the old one wasn't holding a charge anymore, along with various other parts to keep the truck running, so funds are a little tight.
So.. will a 1000 watt system kill my trucks alternator?
I don't have sensitive ears, quite the opposite actually especially in the right from years of shooting. But I do love to hear my music, I know I can turn the bass down but when it's up all the way I don't want to be killing my ears, and my truck.
How will running a 1000 watt system effect both of those? Paying a few hundred dollars for my system, I'm not going to want to pony up some cash to cover the cost of a performance alternator when I kill my old stock one.
The alternative to the 1000 watt system I plan on running is to run the system to one or two subs at 500 watts, instead of bridging the amp to one sub for a 4ohm 1000 watt experience. Would running a 500 watt system put any different of a drain on my vehicle? I can see how running it to two 500 watt subs could be a problem because it would still total 1000 watts, but I can run it to one sub and only have a 500 watt system, with room for improvement when the funds for a high performance alternator come available. Or of course, if I could find a higher amperage alternator that will bolt into my truck (3.0) from another car/truck/van I could potentially go that route and pay less money. I just bought a new battery because the old one wasn't holding a charge anymore, along with various other parts to keep the truck running, so funds are a little tight.
So.. will a 1000 watt system kill my trucks alternator?
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