Fuse it, if you don't want a car like my old cavalier...

I'm now the owner of Roadster 66 #26

Just got Roadster 66 from him, picked it up at his home. Great guy, fun to talk with, thanks a million time!

Well i after looking on google and forums, i stopped my choice on Sekisui 5760 Thermal Tape.

Got 12 stripes of 8x1 inch for 4,50$ shipped, not too bad. I'll let you guys know how it worked out!

Well on this amp there is both thermal paste/grease and a thermal pad. It could be possible that the amp been opened before me and that someone added thermal paste/grease, i don't know since i've got it like this. Can someone check on his amp if both is used, or only thermal pad?

Thanks!

Also, do you guys use thermal paste or thermal grease on mosfet? Can i use Artic Silver 5 on it or is there something better?

Come on guys, no one knows? I've been looking around, some say use mica, other say use silicone thermal pads, some other say don't put nothing, but i'd really like to put the exact same thing that's already here...

The more i check the ¨pink tape¨ on which the mosfet sit the more i'm sure it needs to be replaced. There is lots of debrits on it, even hairs on it. Everything seems to stick on it so it would probably be easier to just change it. Does someone know the name of this part? Can i buy like a sheet of i...

While waiting for the mosfets, i played with this amp on my workbench. I used a homemade powers upply that i made from an old computer PSU which delivers 12v/19A a while back, so i used this to test. When i first hooked the amp up, powering up my power supply would give the amp power for about 2 sec...

dvnt88 wrote:Nice score, gotta love findin' PG Goodies.

Yep, and it kills me to think that if i would not been the stripper for this car this beauty would have finished in a scrapyard

Just ordered 12 new mosfet, will let you know!

money-b wrote:welcome back str3atwarrior! where you been? how's the new car? did you install any gear in the new car since the fire?

Hey how ya doing? I changed car again, i now have a hyundai accent 2000, with my old deck, a QX2180 amp and one XS124 sub, nothing big but still working great!

Thanks Eric!

So i should be replacing all the FQP65N06 only?

Do i only put thermal paste or is there something else i must apply? I know some amps have something between the mosfet and the thermal paste, but can't remember the name...

Hey all! It's been a long time since i came here! I had little to no free time theses past months, new job in a garage shop taking lots of my time... Today i found a Xenon 1200.1 amp in one of the cars we were about to trash. Amp looked in nice shape, but when i hooked it up it wouldn't power, keep ...

Happened to me with 2 ZX475Ti, at least ur car didn't catch on fire!

Got mine this week! Nice magasine, i'm a big fan of FD's and there sure is lots of them in this 10th anniversary edition

speechless... :p

Welcome to the Phorum! From where in Canada are you? You can simply wire all your capacitors in serie. Ideally you could go like this : Battery - fuse - capacitors - distribution block - amps. You should use 1/0 cable from battery to the back with such an install. Also upgrading your big 3 will sure...

Between the job changes, problems with the girl, moving from place to place, and dealing with lots of bad lucks theses last times, everything is starting to go better again...

Just an little up. Managed to find a QX2180 to hook up in my trunk with the old XS124SVC that was still working. Didn't feel like hooking up the RSD12 on this one. This amp never saw power before, it occurs that my step brother had it in his locker for the past 9 years, buyed it new and never instal...

Did anyone tried them before? Reviews are great all over the net, but i'd like to have the advice of someone on the forum before making my choice. They will be powered with a roadster66, so the RMS wattage match perfect.

This looks good!

Yeah i understand this, but at 2ohm sub will be powered way over it's rms rated value. The amp will provide 650w RMS at 2ohm and the sub is capable of 350w RMS, so i'm kinda affraid of burning it quickly with that much power...

Another small step done, i bought the necessary cable to hook everything up! Will install everything as soon as it arrive!

I'm also looking for some good 6x9 speakers in the 100$ range, any suggestions?

Wow, is that my old Route66?? Nice work, it looks so good!!!