cap or battery?

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Topic: cap or battery?

Posted By: metzman
Subject: cap or battery?
Date Posted: February 18, 2007 at 7:24 PM

I have a 2003 Accord (2.4 Vortec engine) and cannot find a HO alt. I ran additional 4 gauge from stock alt to Optima battery but still need more power. Currently have a Kinetic Power HC600 running in parallel with Optima powering a Phoenix Gold 200.4. Looking at purchasing a Soundstream 40 farad cap in place of Kinetic power. What would be the best setup?

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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: February 18, 2007 at 10:10 PM

you shouldnt have bad voltage problems with that small of an amp...you might want to meter the ground wire for your amp.

You might be having trouble finding an alt because you listed a honda (forign car) with a chevy (american) motor.

Try the following people for a high output alt.

Powermaster
Irragi Alts
High Output alternators

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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 19, 2007 at 1:57 AM

metzman wrote:

I have a 2003 Accord (2.4 Vortec engine) and cannot find a HO alt. I ran additional 4 gauge from stock alt to Optima battery but still need more power. Currently have a Kinetic Power HC600 running in parallel with Optima powering a Phoenix Gold 200.4. Looking at purchasing a Soundstream 40 farad cap in place of Kinetic power. What would be the best setup?

Also that engine is NOT a Vortec engine...Chevy makes Vortec Engines.

Honda's have VTEC

Caps are usless and a waste of money

Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: February 19, 2007 at 7:50 AM

The cap will fix nothing. You need to address the alternator first and foremost. I have had really good luck with Alterstart in Texas. They have a better asssortment of alternators for Hondas then I have seen elsewhere.

aznboi3644 wrote:

Also that engine is NOT a Vortec engine...Chevy makes Vortec Engines.

Honda's have VTEC

I was gonna leave that one alone... posted_image

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 19, 2007 at 10:00 AM

A gigantic cap (40 farads?!?) will make your problems much worse rather than better unless you upgrade your alt, as properly suggested above.

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Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: February 19, 2007 at 12:39 PM

haemphyst wrote:

The cap will fix nothing. You need to address the alternator first and foremost. I have had really good luck with Alterstart in Texas. They have a better asssortment of alternators for Hondas then I have seen elsewhere.

aznboi3644 wrote:

Also that engine is NOT a Vortec engine...Chevy makes Vortec Engines.

Honda's have VTEC

I was gonna leave that one alone...

lol...pet peeve of mine, like this kid in my welding class says he has a big block chevy engine with vtec in his honda accord coupe with a turbo...I asked him if it really was a turbo and he said well it basically is, I got it off ebay, so basically it was just a cold air intake or those crappy electric superchargers lol

Posted By: mike12volt
Date Posted: February 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM

How can you tell if you need more power? Is it your amp/speakers not loud enough? or your car is dying when you play it loud?