I know I saw someone with an Aveo in their avatar. Anyways, I was wondering what you did to help power your setup?

I'm getting 1000-1200 RMS setup and I know that my little car won't be able to handle that stock, so what steps should I do first? I was thinking an alternator rebuild first, or maybe I should get a new battery first?

 

the guy you are talking about has 16 runs of 1/0 wire, i think. maybe more. and a NSB battery.

1200 watts is not that much power, you should not need a new alternator. jsut makesure you have adequate wire going to your amp and all your grounding and big 3 is done.

 

I forget where but someone mentioned I should get it rebuilt. But if not, it's better for me.

Do you know where I can find the power ratings for different sizes of wires? I'd like to have a little room to upgrade if I need to, so I'm not sure if 4 gauge will be good enough just in case I want to go about 2000 watts in the future.

 

Recommended Power and Ground Cable Sizes

 

Thanks.

So it'd probably be best I looking into 16 feet of 2 gauge?

 

That's me. I have 10 runs of 0ga wire and an NSB75 battery. No alt upgrade nothing special and I'm pushing over 4000 wrms. Best thing you can do is upgrade your battery and run 0ga wiring.

 

Do you have a suggestion for a battery? That's one of the areas I have no clue about.
I've tried reading up on it, but I'm still not sure on a specific battery that I should get.

 

As you can see from his sig, he's an SPL guy, so if you plan to play one single frequency on your system for two minutes at random with the engine off, then get that really good battery without worrying about the alternator.

 

you obviously dont know me either dude, i daily pound my system as i have both a daily enclosure and an spl enclosure. dont judge from a sig. As for the battery question either an NSB or a Hawker

 

Can I pick those up in any local shops (Barrie)? I've been trying to find some audio shops, but all I can find is Odyssey and I couldn't see any batteries there.