Do u audio guys think that a Fosgate 200.4 is enough to drive some alpine components(200W) and 1 fosgate 10 inch HE sub ??? if not, what amp would you guys suggest? any comments would be appreciated..

 

Enough is a relative term. Fosgate makes a good amplifier, and that model is OK. Personally, I believe that you can never have enough power. My reasoning is this: you buy the amplifier that will get you by, but then realize later that you desire just a little more oomff. If you spent the extra $100 or so now, you wouldn't have to spend $600 later. Amplifiers are the most important part of your car audio system, and you shouldn't be afraid to go a little over budget there. You can skimp on the deck or speakers, just don't skimp on the amplifier.

 

speaking of amps, where a the best place to put an amp in the s2000?

 

Under/behind the seats for a small/low power amp.
Over the fuel tank.
In place of the spare tire.
In place of the tool crib.

I have mine mounted where the spare tire was. It is on a custom fit board. One amp on top, one inverted both with the controls facing out. The spare tire carpet cap still fits, so it looks stock when it is closed up. Pictures of installation/finished product to come soon.

I do have have some alternator noise to track down. I have a feeling I know where it's at. The wires are a mess behind the amps. Organizing the wires should take care of that.

 

You shouldn't have any noise on the lines in this car. I would recommend doing the following two things to alleviate the issue. Spider ALL of your ground connections to a single point in the car. Second, move all of your speaker and signal cables, away from the power cables. If you ran all of the wires along one side of the car (eg. signal cable next to power cable, along the same door sill) you will never fix the problem. Split the paths and everything will be fine.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jerrypeterson
[B]You shouldn't have any noise on the lines in this car.

 

I used a distribution block for positive and ground. If cleaning up the spagetti doesn't work, I would move all of your ground leads to a distribution block and use a single ground to chassis. The cap going to a seperate ground is the one that worries me, but you may want to spider the deck, fans, line drivers, crossovers, or and anything requiring power to the same chassis point. One other thing may be the killer, you've run the Remote wire along with the signal wires, and that could very easily cause the noise. Since this requires the most work I would try this one last, but it is probably your culprit.

 

somebody mounted their rockford fosgate amp on the false wall to the left of the spare tire cover. Has anybody else done this who can tell me how secure it is? I am thinking of doing the same with the RF 400.4 amp I just purchased.

I was also thinking about totally removing the barriers between the trunk and the gas/tank - spare tire area, getting rid of the spare, and just puting some grey carpet over the area... allowing the bass to port thru to the cabin... any thoughts?

tkmak

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'01 silverstone/black

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tkmak
[B]somebody mounted their rockford fosgate amp on the false wall to the left of the spare tire cover.

 

You don't really need a to port the bass per se. Quite a bit of sound makes it out of the trunk, especially through the venting behind the seats. Remember that bass is omnidirectional, and that most of the bass "sound" is really sound pressure. The easiest path for the air to move back and forth, will be where you achieve the greatest volume. Fortunately, that is the passenger cabin if you haven't messed around cutting holes in the car. Acoustically its passable, but this is bad news bears for the guys who have installed rear speakers without isolating the speakers.