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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    I'm leaning towards letting the amp sit in the back floorboard driver side. It's not like I have passengers, and in the unlikely event that I do, I can threaten their life if they damage the wires.
    Why not on a board against the rear seat back, in the trunk?
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    Wrapped in carbon fiber? Might look pretty cool!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    Wrapped in carbon fiber? Might look pretty cool!
    Now there's an idea!

    Letting the amp sit on the floor and yelling at your friends to keep their feet off of the hardware just seems like High School - Deja Vu all over again!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    Letting the amp sit on the floor and yelling at your friends to keep their feet off of the hardware just seems like High School - Deja Vu all over again!
    And we all know how well that worked! LOL!!
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    I thought about the trunk, but this being the deep south, it gets REAL HOT in there. Heat kills electronics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    I thought about the trunk, but this being the deep south, it gets REAL HOT in there. Heat kills electronics.

    True, heat does kill electronics but you can minimize it by running a couple of old PC fans. They generally operate on 12 volts and can be mounted on opposite ends of the enclosure to pull air out.
    I'd be more worried about the size of wire used to hook up the amp and the current draw on the battery and alternator.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    I thought about the trunk, but this being the deep south, it gets REAL HOT in there. Heat kills electronics.
    I believe that you're overanalyzing the install, and creating unnecessary grief for yourself - paralysis by analysis. Do you not believe that there are hundreds upon hundreds of amps mounted in trunk areas in locales that have high ambients? Also, if it gets too hot in the trunk with the car sitting idle, what is going to reduce the temperature in the interior of the car? I'd venture that if you park the car in the sun for three or four hours the temp in the trunk and the temp in the rear floorboard area behind either seat will be within 5 degrees of each other, and if the sun is bearing down through the windows the interior space may be hotter.

    Mount it in the trunk.
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    When I'm not in the car, true.

    But it's not powered up then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    When I'm not in the car, true.

    But it's not powered up then.
    But it will be as soon as you get in and turn the key. Your car, your decisions, just trying to help.
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    Or, you could just do like I did in the hot rod.. leave the amp / radio gear OUT!
    We don't call it a loud pedal for no reason! I just change the station by pressing down the little pedal on the right!
    My only real problem is that I like it LOUD! LOL..

    I named her Citation for a reason!! LOL..

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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    I named her Citation for a reason!! LOL..
    Literally made me laugh out loud!
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    34_40, I'm like you in a sense, as very seldom is my stereo on. I like listening to the motor purrrrrr....

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    The loud pedal is why I need the amp.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    The loud pedal is why I need the amp.
    NO, you have it wrong! The stereo is to hide squeaks and rattles! The loud pedal is for LOUD!!!!
    LOL!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 36 sedan View Post
    NO, you have it wrong! The stereo is to hide squeaks and rattles! The loud pedal is for LOUD!!!!
    LOL!
    Exactly! Takes me back to my youth, rollin' down the road in my ol' '60 Chevy and wondering "What's that noise...?" Ah Hell, turn up the radio and crank the reverb! It'll sound OK then!!
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