Kool

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Hi Guys,

I want to save as much trunk space as possible so I am going with a side cavity sub enclosure and will mount my amp upside down under the rear deck.

Has anyone done this before? How did you attach the mounting plate under the rear deck?

Thanks,
Dan

veeman

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That's not a good idea, as the amp may overheat due to radiant heat from the heatsink not being able to escape. Remember heat(hot air around the heatsink) rises, if the amp is upside down then the hot air rises back to the heatsink. That said, it can be done if you add some sort of fan to blow cool air across the heatsink, or mount the amp in an amp box with fans to move air in and out of the box.

Kool

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^^ I actually have 2 stinger crossflow fans that I can use.

I do need ideas on how to hang it all from the rear deck though.

fozzz

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I had both of my amps upside down in my Neon for a while. Never had any problems, and I was pretty hard on the stuff.

All I did was build an MDF amp rack and bolted it to the rear deck. Then the amps were simply attached to the rack. The amps were invisible when the trunk was opened.

Kool

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^^ The problem is that the rods for the trunk are mounted under the rear deck so I would have to hang the rack somehow.

Did you not have the rods in the way?

Kinslayr

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What kind of car is it? This might help us out a bit. Also what kind of amp r u runnin.

Kool

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2000 Cavalier and it is a Kicker KX700.5 amp. [img]smile.gif[/img]

zarx

a buddy of mine has a kicker 4 channel mounted like that. Two channels used to run the front pair - two channels bridged to run a sub. He's had it for over a year now and it doesn't ever seem to get too warm.

MR2NR

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As problems take time to manifest themselves when mounting an amp in this fashion, if you want to go out and buy a new amp in the future, go ahead and mount it in this fashion, even with cooling fans. If you do not want to buy a new amp nor risk warranty, mount the amp properly and figure out a way to do it. I generally use 1/8" aluminum to make a mount for amps when I need to do this.

theboy

Amps with poor heatsinks will overheat,all the heat is going to the board instead of the heatsink.My friend had a cavalier and mounted an old clairion upside down,after time it started going into protection.but...apoxy a plate to the trunk and screw away!