Phoenix Gold Phorum

Hello PG Phorum I am wondering how I am going to power my system in my 1991 Honda Civic 2 door hatchback? I have 2 MS2250's for the subs witch I don't have yet I have 1 MS2125 for my 4 8 inch middbass another MS2125 for 4 5.25 midrange 2MS275's for my 4 4inch midrange and a MQ 430 for my tweets...back in the day I had 4 MS 2250s powering 8 15s,MS250 to 4 8s 1 MQ430 powering 2 6.5s and 2 5.25s and another MQ430 powering 2 G&S ODKD tweets and 2 Infinity tweets.When I had my old system I had 2 alternators 1 for the truck and 1 for the system and 6 batterys this was no way near enough power.SO Phorum what do you think?

i think....you might need a dedicated h22 just to move the alternator needed for all that! past the additional high output alternator for just the stereo, i'm not sure what you cold do. you may have to consult some big time spl'er types.

I have been out of the loop for a while does anyone know anything about MotorMaul?A buddy of mine came by he said something about that MotorMaul thing he was in to the CB thing years ago not sure if would be good for car stereo.

Honestly it's a grand idea and all but do you really want to spend a ton of cash on electrical?
I would think you'll need in excess of 600 amps output from an alt(s) and a huge bank of battery's, this is of course always possible but it'll be very expensive and alot of weigh in batts and wire etc.... etc.... what is the purpose of this vehicle? This is not a daily driver IMO.

Yea it is a pretty grand idea It wouldn't be a daily driver I am not even sure if I can fit all of the amps in the car yet I have almost all the wire.The power is the one thing I want to try and get figured out before I even start with anything else.I am a welder fabricator so I should be able I hope....add 2 alternator's .I just read about that MotorMaul thing I don't think that will work at all but they do sell alternators not sure if they are any good.

heck the civics little 1.6l engine will not be able to turn all the alt. needed in that car. im going with 120amp of current in my 2004 civic and bought alot of wire alt batt ect. the stock 70 alt is not worth anything IMO

HAHA my car has a 1.5 in it......

sorry didn't mean to make it sound bigger than it was

It doesn't have power steering thats adds a little bit more horsepower

is this the hatchback or sedan? were are you going to put all this?

It is a hatchback.I will put the 2 8's in each door 2 5.25's in each door 2 4's in each pillar with 2 tweets and 1 tweeter in the door were the mirror handle was those are installed and 1 tweeter in each corner of the dash by the front windsheild those are installed also subs in the back "4 15's or 2 18's I have no idea what subs yet" NO back seat 3 batteries behind each front seat...and where ever I can cram all the amps at so you can see them.If I can.

hope you have a good alarm if your going to show all that pg gold

Sounds like a lot for a hatchie...

I must be getting old, 75 watts to a set of Bostons and 600 to a pair of 10s is a bit loud for me, hehehe...

kg1961 wrote:hope you have a good alarm if your going to show all that pg gold

Alarm those things are useless I do have an old one I might put one on for keyless entry and window control.I also live in bumfuck NC.

00goobs wrote:Sounds like a lot for a hatchie...

I must be getting old, 75 watts to a set of Bostons and 600 to a pair of 10s is a bit loud for me, hehehe...

It is alot....I am not getting any younger I have a PC650 in the car now bridged to the 6.5's in the doors and 2 12JL's and I say it is not loud enough but some people say it is.OK so far it sounds like you guys want me to just let all these amps just sit around and not be abused

ya but a pc650 is not alot of power?your ms275 make that power on the sub channel. pics of all your gear and car please

Pics of my gear and my car?I have posted pics of some of my gear"my 2250's"I bought my MQ430 from this Phorum not long ago and 1 of my 2125's the other 2125 I got from a friend of mine I went to graduated school with in 1993 the MS275 I bought from Discount Auto Sound in Virgina Beach VA when I worked there along with the MS2250's as far as my car goes it is a POS but I will post pics of all my gear if it makes you happy do you want pics of my PC650 also or just PG stuff.

no just pg gear. it funny your look at running about 2-3thousand watts vs your 50x6.
Im going with 2 soundstream tr700/2 175x2 front and 700 sub with all focal gear all my gain will be turned down but it will still kill my old pc450 set up

I think you could get alot more sound with just a ms 2250 and a ms2125 than what you have and save alot of $$$ on wire batt alt ect. a civic is small air space and a hatch back can get stupid low with the right sub and box

One of the reasons I want put this system together is because of this Phorum.I also miss the system I had back in the day.

kg1961 wrote:no just pg gear. it funny your look at running about 2-3thousand watts vs your 50x6.
Im going with 2 soundstream tr700/2 175x2 front and 700 sub with all focal gear all my gain will be turned down but it will still kill my old pc450 set up

I think you could get alot more sound with just a ms 2250 and a ms2125 than what you have and save alot of $$$ on wire batt alt ect. a civic is small air space and a hatch back can get stupid low with the right sub and box

I could do alot of stuff different.I am trying to figure out how I can power all of it now and if I can't I will switch up.I also have all this gear and want to use it in 1 car.

might have to buy a SUV..lol best of luck
if you look at my profile all that gear is going into my civic sedan and i thought i had alot.
i bought a kinetic batt new h/u alt,0guage to the back 20f cap just to run 2large amps

No suv for me.I am ready to blow my car up my gear is worth waaaaay more than my little car.

I missed out on buying a 1989 Nissan extra cab pickup. but if I had gotten that I would need 2 more MS2250's

LMFAO at having a 30+K system in a 500 dollar car...

Wouldn't one amp for subs and one for front components be enough to blow the glass out of that thing? I had a FAS in an Integra 17 years ago that hit 147 db at glass with the gains all the way down setup in SG mode... would have hit 150 if I tried, what is the reasoning for so much amp/speakers?

STROKD wrote:LMFAO at having a 30+K system in a 500 dollar car...

Wouldn't one amp for subs and one for front components be enough to blow the glass out of that thing? I had a FAS in an Integra 17 years ago that hit 147 db at glass with the gains all the way down setup in SG mode... would have hit 150 if I tried, what is the reasoning for so much amp/speakers?

I don't even think my car is worth 500 I paid 900 for it 10 years ago I am trying to blow the windows out of it Reasoning is just to make me happy.