What have you done to your P5 today?
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That's enough to do a big 3 upgrade.
1. Battery - to chassis ground (strut tower)
2. Chassis ground to engine (strut tower to bolt on engine/trans, just follow the factory wire)
3. Alternator + to battery + (needs to be fused)
Drove to and from iSport (about 230 miles round trip). Pics of wing lip coming in a few minutes
Sweet, I was just thinking of doing this write up:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45141
I found my old amp kit that has 17 feet of 4 gauge power wire so I might just do that. Would this do more benefit than the big 3? Where are the optimal areas to install The Big Three? I'd appreciate pics if you have them.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45141
I found my old amp kit that has 17 feet of 4 gauge power wire so I might just do that. Would this do more benefit than the big 3? Where are the optimal areas to install The Big Three? I'd appreciate pics if you have them.
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The ground to a small extent, because it hits all the oem ground points. The positive, no, because the alternator to battery wire is not upgraded at all in that write-up.
The ManLaw
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see i did my ground wires totally different. I did seperate wires to the four corners of my engine and to the alternator and to the chassis. im not quite sure why they have you wiring up the tranny in that how to because unless it is electronically assisted, grounding it really shouldnt help anything. Its like with any mazda 2004and after, if you ground a wire to the TB, it makes a hell of a difference for throttle responce and things like that. but thats because it is an electric TB, not a wire one like ours. Just my early morning rant, now to go hang out with inmates.
racerx43269
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the big three is usually done with 1/0 AWG cable.... as an fyi good stuff though
I used 4ga with all of my power & grounds. I don't know if it's necessary or any better to use bigger than that, but it wont hurt it.
racerx43269
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^^ the bigger the cable the more power can be pushed through...amp wise... i have about 6k watts in the trunk... ( 4 1500.1 @ 1 ohm stable ) and I also have 1000 to my mids and highs... so the amperage output my the altenator is a huge demand... on a stock car... 4 gauge will do... but with a heavy duty system... you need the 1/0 cables
Agreed, I don't have any major audio equipment. Secondary alarm, hella supertones, and possibly HIDs in the future, are about my only needs. But oem wires are 8 ga, so 4ga is still an upgrade. And you can run better grounding locations than they do from the factory. I had all sorts of dimming and electrical issues before I beefed up and re did my grounds. Everything is good now.
I have a mono block D class and 2 12's sitting in my basement, but I never hooked them up in the mp3. Had a nice little system in my FC, lol. Maybe one day when I'm bored I'll fab up a new box for them... Still have top of the line RCA's and everything handy too.
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Sweet baby jeebus, 6,000 watts in your trunk? Wow! Haha! It always amazes me how much power you guys run. I'm a bass player and have a 350watt head and a 3x10" cabinet and that rig is plenty loud for any gig I've done. Don't get me wrong, I love bass and clean tone so I'm sure your setup sounds great. It just continues to boggle my mind of all the POWA! (headbang)
Rockin03mp5
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is that 6000 rms or peak watts?
racerx43269
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6000 rms.... about 9000k peak.. my amps are rated at 1500 @1 ohm stable rms and around 2600 @1ohm peak ( rockford amps are ALWAYS under rated.... and the bigger the amp the more that they over power them to make them a stable level..
s*** i have 2 VIBE space subs... black death 15's that just went in.... 3000 RMS.... 9000 watts peak ( each )....
im not trying to blow windows out... but... i like to make a statement at times
Haha, Sounds like you could win competitions.
So does your car actually move under the weight or do you just tow it to shows? (boom07)
Wait til the train horn setup!
