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Old 02-16-2009, 11:56 AM
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My New System. What do you guys think?

I cant wait to get this stuff in my 92 camaro.

Headunit
kenwood kdc x792 $200


MA Audio 6x9's $100

Front speakers
Kenwood KFC-4675C 4"x6" $50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=200302342107

Door Speakers
Kenwood KFC-1382IE 5 1/4" 160W $43.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=190281556724


Amp for Front, Door, and 6x9's
Rockford Fosgate 4 channel 900 Watt Amp $105

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260360893374




Sub
ORION 15" HCCA SUBWOOFER $225 With shipping
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220358631852




Amp for Sub
Orion HCCA-D2400
2400W Class D Mono Amplifier $180

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270343925029




MONSTER CABLE CAR RCA $30

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220348642235






ROCKFORD FOSGATE GROUND DISTRIBUTION BLOCK $15



Tsunami 4/8 Gauge Digital 4 Pos AGU Distribution Block $17

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=350165395888


Ive also got 4 gauge power wire to the distribution box.
From distro box. ive got 8 gauge positive and negative wire to the amps.

Also went out and got 16 gauge speaker wire.

So what do you guys think. I hope it sounds good. lol
Old 02-16-2009, 12:03 PM
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

not bad it sounds like a nice set up heres a link to mine

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...ut-custom.html
Old 02-26-2009, 10:08 PM
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

got a quick question. im running 4 gauge power wire. What size fuses should i get for the amps?
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

4ga is not thick enough for that sub amp. you need 1/0ga to your distro block. then 4ga out of there to your amps. you really need a capacitor, and a second battery to be running that sub amp too, but you might get by for awhile.

4ga is fine for your mid/high amp.

as far as fuses. i dont really know the answer to that. hahaha
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

an 80 should suffice for your sub amp, you need at least one cap for the sub amp, possibly one for the 4ch. Definately another battery, a 140amp alt, and a #0 wire to the dist block, possible a #2, and at LEAST 4g to the sub amp, and at LEAST 4g to the 4ch. sub amp probably will want #0
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Caps are a waist of money. my
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by TheMuskr
Caps are a waist of money. my
capacitors are useless to a stereo. i have one because it was cheap do the big 3 instead
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Re: My New System. What do you guys think?

4 gauge is fine for you power wire. That orion amp puts out no where near 2400 watts. As well as the RF does not put out 900 watts. The claims on both of these amps are false. The rockford 301x puts out approx 350watts rms bridged. and about 40x4 per channel @ 4 ohms. You'll never see 900 watts out of it.
The orion since you are only running 1 sub rated at 600 watts rms, you'll most likely leave it set to pull (2 ohms since thats the configuration of the voice coils) of power from the amp which puts out 800 at 4 ohms, 800 would most likely be too much on the Orion sub. 800 watts can be done right, but many subs can only see a little more than their rated power while others can take almost twice the amount.

To summarize, if you run the sub @2 ohms then you will be fine running 4 gauge wire. Just be easy on the gains and bass boost, otherwise you can run the chance of overpowering your sub.

On the otherhand.. pick up another sub, upgrade to 1/0 and run at 1200 watts @ 1 ohm, you'll be happier and get your moneys worth

Hope this helps
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