Wiring 2 amps with 2 Caps

How do you wire 2 amps and 2- 1Farad caps.

The setup I am trying to run is a 640watt 4-channel Kenwood and a 1500watt Rockford 2-channel.

I have a 4Gauge wire running into a disto block, and coming out into two 8Gauge wires. Where do i go from here lol.

I dont need help with the signal wires, just the power. Also as far as the grounds for the caps and the amps, should they all be grounded in the same place, or should the caps and amps be grounded seperate.

Also because the distro block is only giving me an 8gauge wire to each amp, it is fine for the 460watt, but im worried about the the 1500 watt getting the power it needs and deserves. So can I wire the 8gauge wire into the Cap, and then from the cap wire a 4gauge to the 1500watt amp, and then ground the amp with a 4gauge and ground the cap with an 8 gauge?

Thanks alot guys.

8 gauge on a short run will be plenty sufficient for any of the amps.  Place the cap inline with the 8 ga. wire just prior to each amp.  Ground the caps separately from the amps, and they can share a common ground.  The amps can share a common ground.  The ground locations can be close to each other like an inch or two apart.

The ground wires are to match the power wires, so each cap will have power and ground of the same gauge.  Disto blocks (unfused) are often used to round up amp ground wires and narrow them to a larger common ground (4 ga. like the power wire).  You might want to look into these.

I am the type of person who would like to keep the same brand all around, just to be uniform, but it isnt always the best. For example, rockford's 4channel amp is 1200 watts, which is way too much for my setup, and I also like that the kenwood is fan cooled.

My setup is a pioneer head, 4 Infinity kappa speakers, 4channel kenwood amp, 2 sony P5 subs, 2channel rockford 1500wattamp. And I think that this is a better setup than having all the components from any one company.

Thanks alot stevdart.

I havent even installed the amps  yet, I have all the product, but all i have in is my pioneer head and the 4 infinity speakers. Its going in an 84 camaro, it has the stock charging system, but by spring i will have an MSD 160amp alternator installed.

I bought the caps with the amps because i dont want to have any problems, at idol, my car headlights already dim on their own.

Since you originally asked how to wire the caps, not should you wire them into the system....if you want to use both caps for the sub amp (and I agree the amp for the Infinity speakers will not benefit from use of a cap), then wire them in parallel on the main power wire directly before the distro block.  How's that, you ask?  "The speakers amp is connected after the cap as well as the sub amp."  (ficticious quote)  The way it works is that the speakers amp will not pull any extreme momentary power....therefore whether it's hooked up after the caps or not it will not be using them.  If or when the subs amp wants to pull a larger than life brief burst, the cap's energy will flow to it.

That said, until you get the new alt, you should try using just the larger cap first, then add the other one if you don't get results.  And once you put in the H.O. alt, remove the caps altogether and see how it works.

Side note:  sometimes caps are used for purposes of display (whistles and bells) and having too much extra cash jingling in the pocket.  Thus the first answer to you original question.  But you can see that it really doesn't make any difference whether the caps are in front of or behind the distro block.  The thing to keep in mind is the distance.  Caps should be as close to the amp as reasonably possible.