Alternator in 2005-up Mustang- high output? and door subs
Sep 01, 2005 4 Replies
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Braxus
What is the amperage of the 2005-up Mustang alternator? Do they have a high output version? Also is the stock alt sufficient to run one 5 channel amp and 1 mono amp probably equalling over 100 amps?
Also the 8 inch subs in the doors- can you use an aftermarket sub in place of them? I"m not sure if the door enclosure is sealed or not.
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66 6F HCS
That's a s*it load to run off a stock alt, even a high amp one.
Well, I don't see why you couldn't, other than they'd sound like s*it. The doors are most probably not sealed, and even if they were, how much space could get out of a door panel to make even a halfassed sealed enclosure with the amount of basket/frame depth you'd HAVE to have for a decent driver?
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Braxus
Yes that is a lot of power drain from the alt. The fuses all together equal
120 amps. Of course it won't be run full blast 100% of the time, so the battery can recover. I seem to remember reading the new 2005s have a high output alt installed which might be 135 amps. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure if more can be wired into it using as kit.
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Joe
"Braxus" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
Better get some caps wired in there somewhere...
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Stiff Hard Cox
That is what I was going to recommend. A one farad cap should hook him up nicely, unless he wants to add an isolator to the alternator and a deep cycle marine battery to power his sound system.
Come to think of it, I am so insane that I would still drop in a cap or two (or four) even with an isolator and an extra battery. I had a similar setup in my '96 T-Bird V-8 to run 4 old school punch 150s distributed as follows: one for the Infinity Kappa front door speakers, one for the Boston Acoustics pro series rear side panel speakers, and one for each 12" Kicker Solobaric sub. I swear, when I would crank that system up, it really hurt. Metallica sounded the best with that system. Hindsight being 20/20, I think the 1 farad caps were overkill for the door and rear panel speakers. I could have easily gotten away with 1/2 farad (lol).
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