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    i've got a voltage meter on the way so i'll be able to see if im having bad voltage drop pretty soon. And the cavy already has a cold air on it. I honestly believe that this has everything to do with the system now. This morning i woke up and went to football practice, bumping just as loud as i was when it was overheating, and it was totally fine. When i got home from practice, i let the car sit at idle and bumped at the same volume and the temperature slowly started to rise. And tonight after work i drove around for about a half hour doing that same thing and it ran at normal temperature the whole time. Im thinking that this is just something im going to have to deal with until i find a solution for it.

    Icy, let me know if the alt and second battery help it out.

    And also, would doing the big three make any noticeable difference with this? Im planning on doing it anyway, but im just curious if it could help with this problem even the slightest. Thanks for all the help guys

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    Have you ever considered at idle when your listening to music the alternator is putting a pretty heavy load on the motor especially with a small 4 cylinder. Every time the bass hits hard its taking that much more current thus your alternator strains the motor even more. Besides that check your thermostat and fluids.

    yea..thats kind of what was going through my head..so is this pretty much just something that i'll have to deal with or is there something i can do to keep the car from getting so hot?

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    Were you running the A/C while parked with the engine running?

    No, the a/c wad not on. i was messing with it a little more today and i noticed that while i was driving it the temperature was fine, but when i got home i let it sit, running, and listen to some stuff and the temperature would slowly rise. I also noticed that when the bass would hit hard that the rpms would drop slightly. that makes me think that it would be more an electrical problem. am i on the right track thinking that, or am i totally wrong?

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    alright..well i guess i'll just have to mess with it a little more tommorow and see if it only does it with the subs turned up..if it still does it all the time would your first guess be the thermostat? or is there anything else i should look into too?thanks again.

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    my car does the same thing once i putmy system in it runs hot after pounding for a long time if i leave the stereo off it doesnt do it i think its drawing to much power from the battery causing the computer to loose some funtion from loss of power maybe

    alright..how hot does you car actually get? like hot enough to make the check gauges light come on? And does anyone else think that this is a reasonable thing to make it run so hot? or do you think its more something that could of went wrong engine wise..like a bad thermostat or something along those lines?thanks

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    nope..its never happened before tonight..i didnt really think that the sub would have anything to do with it, but just being that it started to happen right after we put them in kind of made it the first thing to pop into my head.

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    Hey guys..im not really sure if this is the right section to put this in, so if its not fell free to move it.

    Well tonight i got all my wires ran through my car for the new sub. We got everything ran, amp hooked up, sub hooked up, and it all worked perfect. The sub sounded fine. I went out for a little drive with a couple buddies, and we had the music up at a decent volume just to here how loud the bass could get. When we got back to my house we sat and listen to it for a little bit longer doing the same thing. Car was running the whole time. I went to get into the car to change to a different song and i noticed that my check gauges light was on, and that the temperature gauge was maxed out. Do you think that the car running that hot could have anything to do with the sub and amp at all? Im pretty lost on this whole thing so any and all ideas are welcome.

    a litttle info on the car and system..

    2001 Cavalier

    12 inch Fi SSD D1

    was running on an alpine MRP-M1000 at 2 ohms

    4 guage Knu wires

    completely stock electrical

    Big 3 have not been done yet.

    Thanks!

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    casedawg350:

    Fast responses

    Fast shipping

    Great prices

    Products exactly as described

    I bought a SSD off of him a little while ago. He told me that he shipped it out on a Monday, and it arrived at my door on Wednesday. I was amazed at how fast it got here. It was also very well packaged and arrived in perfect shape. I also just got done dealing with him for the second time. I bought an amp off of him for a very reasonable price. Overall he is a great guy to deal with.

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    i bought the sub used so i couldnt of really chose between d1 or d2. i would of went with d2 if i would of bought it new thought. i feel like i got a decent deal on the subs so its not going to bother me all that much. the guy i bought it from also has a kicker 750.1 that he was using to power it. i was thinking about picking that up, but its only 750 watts at 2ohm. thats a little below what i was looking to get, but would i really be able to tell the difference between 750 watts and 900 watts just by ear?

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    well i got my sub in today for my little mini build im doing and now i need to decide what amp i should go with to power it. the sub is a Fi SSD 12 D1 with BP cooling. I was thinking of running around 900-1000 rms to it at 2 ohms. So the question is what amp would you guys think would be good for this? The budget on this isn't much. probably around 200-225. thanks

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