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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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how much can a 1.5 handle
Getting technical, you won't like the answer. Your capacitor holds approximately 21 Watts of power, which is a lot less than your 750W amp. But, the capacitor holds the supplied voltage to the system when the sub starts to draw a big load from your electrical system (alternator and battery in your car). This helps keep the draw off the battery and then is supported by the (approximately) 14.4 Volts coming from your alternator.

However, in more basic terms, it seems that most recommend 1 Farad for every 1,000 Watts of the car-audio amp. So, you have twice as much capacitance than is usually needed for your application. When the engine is on, you're safe. When the alternator is not running, (IE> Engine is off), the smaller capacity battery will not run your stereo for very long before it drains, as Eric@AMS has noted to you.

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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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so I shoul be fine correct
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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You're golden.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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sweeeet thanks for your help dude!
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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any updates? I want to see a vid
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Sorry nothing yet been working like 70 hrs a week. 08Lancer89 I did notice you updated your sig.

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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Sorry nothing yet been working like 70 hrs a week. 08Lancer89 I did notice you updated your sig.
can i have some hours?
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Yuppp, I did sorry if I copied you lol, need to add boost gauge to my sig now since its going in soon. Haha
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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can i have some hours?
No OT i'm salaried,
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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ahhh haha nevermind then.
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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This may be an ignorant question...but how many times can you safely reflash an ECU before it just wont flash no more? Isnt that kind of memory vulnerable to failure after some time, such as regular computer ROM chips?
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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Vid?????
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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This may be an ignorant question...but how many times can you safely reflash an ECU before it just wont flash no more? Isnt that kind of memory vulnerable to failure after some time, such as regular computer ROM chips?
Definitely NOT an ignorant question.

It can vary greatly, but the minimum Mean Time Before Failure is generally around 1,000 erase/write cycles for this type of application.

The chips used are very hardy, with the wide temperature swings / humidity variation / erradic charging cycles taken into account.

You won't break your ECU simply by flashing it a lot of times. You will have huge problems if there is any electrical power issues DURING the flash, however.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS flash with a fully-charged battery (that means after at least 10 minutes of driving. Not first thing in the morning!) to be on the safe side.

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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i want to see a vid with the intake please
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Got my base flash in and it certainly wakes the pig up a bit (LOL). In manual mode it can get going pretty well. Now, if we can see some progress on some TCU tuning (and a nice beefy cooler)....

I know it's a adaptive (learning) tranny, but when does it learn that in a car with no power down low short shifting from 1 to 2 isn't the cat's pajamas?

Also if it would stop upshifting during steady-state cornering it would make corner exit a lot smoother.

I haven't driven a SST with SuperSport, but I am guessing it might be the ticket the RA needs.
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