After some time being away and such I'm getting ready to order an Amp and a BL 15".

I've been looking to buy a Kicker ZX1000.1 but I have yet to be able to understand the relation of ohms between amps and subs...I'm terrible at math.

The amp does 1000W RMS at 2 ohms so does that mean I would want the 1 ohm option with the BL?

--Thanks for any replies.

Edited July 30, 200817 yr by Rob682e

Yes, a dual 1 ohm BL will show the amp 2 ohms mono.

...but the Bl will be underpowered....

...but the Bl will be underpowered....

that depends on the box.

It will be fine.

Going in a '99 Limited Explorer with stock alternator...I have a 1.5 farad cap to add to it...so don't think I can do much more than 1k watts.

I would consider upgrading the power and ground wires, along with doing the big3 before you worry about a capacitor.

I won't be doing the install myself...at one point I was quite familiar with the Big 3 and was getting ready to do it on a Caddi Deville I owned at the time but it ended up not being able to pass inspections so it got junked.

That was about 3 years ago so it has escaped me by now...when I take my car in to get everything installed would getting the cables changed out be a common operation for audio shops?

I actually have about 10 feet of 1awg cable, a fuse holder, terminals for the battery and the terminals that you crimp onto the cables from when I was planning on doing it.

Edited July 30, 200817 yr by Rob682e

...but the Bl will be underpowered....

Not really. Just because he doesn't plan on pushing the BL to its FULL potential doesn't mean that he will be unsatisfied with a little bit less...

Since I plan on building my own box I have been messing with WinISD...Everything seems well except when I got to the Vent Mach, I understand what Vent Mach is but the entry field will not allow me to put anything in, all that is there is Qes/Pe! in red.

I may not have everything else correct, I wouldn't know if I did have it wrong....

If needed I can screen shot other things...thanks for any help.

Also, if I have the space available should I go with the largest in the range of recommended volumes for a box?

I'm really shootin in the dark here hehe...been reading stuff on google all day but any help is appreciated.

Edited August 2, 200817 yr by Rob682e

The larger you go with a ported box, the deeper it will sound and your lows will be stronger. Power handling goes down but its probably not going to be that big of a deal with 1000 watts. If I were you I would use all the space that you are willing to give up, but not exceeding the recommended ported specs.

You can't put anything in for vent mach because it's a product of things, not an input.