Posts by Mikes16.5ss

Quote from BKL

The way you have your speakers wired effectively reduces their impedance to half of what they normally are. Assuming each speaker is 4 ohm impedance, they are presenting a 2 ohm load to the amp. Is your amp rated for 2 ohm operation? If the amp is NOT rated for 2 ohm operation, there is a chance that the amp broke due to the unexpectedly low impedance, but hopefully it didn't damage itself.

Here's a good loink on wiring speakers - https://hometoys.com/series-parallel-speaker-wiring-2/.

thank you for the info. I Purchased the slingshot with the sub enclosure already installed and the Memphis speakers wired in it. All other components were missing. I was told this would be the correct amplifier to match the Memphis speakers. I pulled them out of the enclosure just to see how they were wired and I guess thats you’re what you’re referring to as parallel? I only ran one set of speaker wires from that box back to the amp and put them on the positive and negative terminals seen on the bottom right of the amp picture. It comes with a remote knob To control the signal which did nothing when adjusting it. However I did not touch the switch in the upper amp pic on the right. Is there another way to wire the speakers to have them be more powerful with this setup. Is it possible that I reversed the wires +/- ? I believe the power specs are right with the speakers being 2 ohms and the amp

Able to power 4 ohms for the pair. Thanks in advance

So I have everything installed and it’s not working properly. My two 6 1/2 inch subs have both negatives jump together and positives jump together to the side of the enclosure where I have speaker wire connected to the red and black. They run back to the amp to the positive and negative amp output terminals. I have the amp wired with 12 V from the battery and a good ground. I have the remote wire run from the amp to the accessory port in the glove box to trigger 12v ignition. lastly I have RCA cables running from the input right and left on the amp into a line output converter which is spliced into the red and black wires on the factory speaker pod lower speaker for a signal. When I turn on the radio the subs do move slightly with music but there is no thump to them. What should I check?

Thanks for the info. After talking underground audio I figured out the size amp I need wiring and how to connect to the factory radio. Parts on order hopefully installing this weekend. See how it goes

Just had a chance to look at everything today. Now I realize why he had the horn mounted where he did. I have a turbo set up with an intercooler and both pipes are in the way...

Quote from BryanL

It's not pretty, but the first one is using the mounting hole of the stock horn. The chrome horn is facing down for hood clearance.

awesome. I appreciate the pics. Like that look so much better than having trumpets and a compressor showing under the fender.

Quote from BryanL

I have both the big bad boy and the bad max on mine. Having the high and low tones works great and seem louder.

would you mind sending me a couple pics of it if you have a chance...my factory horn was already removed so I don’t even know where it goes...the after market one he had installed was in the passenger fender well but don’t like the idea that you can see it easily. Would rather have it mounted in the engine compartment

Quote from BryanL

to wire the relay, run the two stock wires to one side of the relay (may be small teminals). The other side of the relay will get one hot wire from the battery ( I pulled from the alternator) the other terminal goes to the horn. Then run the other horn wire to ground.

perfect. That’s exactly what I am looking for ....I have a fuze box so I will take my 12v from that. Think my issue may be the ground. Have to clean up some wiring done by previous owner then I will give this a try. Thanks again

Quote from FunCycle

Some of those horns have to have the right polarity and will not run if power is reversed. Ask me how I know. I am working on the install of the Marco horn on Sling II as we speak. Everything is ready except for installing the fuse block, 6 circuit marine from Amazon and the power wires

tried swapping sides...same result.

Quote from FunCycle

These horns pull around 11 amps. I just kept installing larger fuse until it quit blowing. I did run the cheaper Bad Boy on the factory wires with no problems for a while until I changed up the wire size for the 12 volt supply to the relay. I have been running the Marco Tornado for a couple of years now with this set up. Now for another part of the story. Sling II had a set of the musical horns run on the factory wire, the compressor was slow running and would barely blow the horns because there was too much voltage drop. Yes! I removed that set up yesterday to install the same set (Marco) up that I have on Sling I.

I’m Getting just a clicking sound when connected to factory wiring. Figured if anything compressor may run slow or horn would be somewhat muted but no sound at all. What’s my option with powering the relay separately.

I just purchased a 2016.5 Slingshot. Previous owner installed the 6 1/2 inch sub enclosure under the glove box. In it are 2 Memphis 6 1/2 inch subwoofers. Here are the specs according to their page 300 watt max dual 2 ohm power reference PRX6D2 . However there is no wiring or amp. Does anyone have a DIY on installing that set up and what size amp is required and wiring that is involved. Thanks in advance for any help.

I just purchased a 2016.5 Limited Edition slingshot. Previous owner had installed some type of air horn set up that does not work. Factory horn is no longer there. Read posts on another forum saying big bad Max was a good replacement. However finding very vague instructions. The horn came with a 30 amp relay. From what I’m reading I’m going to connect the factory horn wires to that relay. At that point if I run 2 more 16 gauge wires from the relay directly to the horn I’m getting a clicking noise and horn is in operable. What wires do I need to run to get this to work properly. Thanks in advance for any help. Slingshot also had a Fuze block installed if that is necessary for wiring.