im am putting 4 - 10 inch bazooka subs behind the back seat of my supercrew which everyone thinks is impossible , but i know it could be done without relocating any seats or anything. My question is what size amp would be best to push the bass out and make it slam everyone i keep asking could never give me a straight answer on this so maybe i could get some help from here.I would really appreciate some feedback on this question

 

4 tens won't be impossible, but it will be difficult. Haven't seen the specs on the Bazookas but they probably will need about 3 cubes of total air between them. Good Luck!

As for your amp question, I would match the sum of the RMS ratings of the subs to the RMS rating of the amp. For example: if the subs need a total of 600 watts (150 watts each), than get an amp that puts out 600 watts RMS. You need to also pay attention to the impedence of the subs to match it to the amp.

Give me some more info and I could be more specific.
1. Impedence of subs and if single or dual voice coil
2. RMS rating of the subs
3. Airspace requirements and type of enclosure(sealed/ported)

 

They should be Min 200 Watts RMS each they are Avail in 4 and 8 Ohm..

You can drop them down to 1 Ohm (to the Amp) If you do that

Will Push them very nice.!!

Look up the Memphis 16-ST1300D...

I just installed on in a 2k2 Stang to power 6 speakers.!!!

 

Holy,,,,, That is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also want to know, i am putting 1 Pioneer 10" Sub in my truck, it is 250RMS and 500 MAX, 4ohms, would it be over kill to put a 600 Watt Jensen amp in it?

 

LLoverCrazyJay, the Jensen is probably not going to give you a true 600 Watts RMS. It may be OK if it has a gain control that you can adjust. For a single sub, I would look for a good quality mono amp made especially for subs. Look for a class D that will give you 250 RMS at 4 ohms. Most amps are 2 ohm stable so you can add another sub in the future if you ever wanted to, and still be OK power wise (a good amp will nearly double its output when you drop to 2 ohms).

 

It was 600 watts max

 

in my last truck i had an orion hcca 225 which only pushes i think 100watts rms at 1 channel and i was pushing four jl audio tens and they slammed bigtime but i just cant figure out all these different amp power ratings even though it was stated earlier that i would need a 800 watt amp to push the four bazooka tens which to me just dont sound right so now i am totally confused about all of this.

 

Bottom line here...

You need to find out the RMS rating on the speakers. That number is what they can handle continuously...

MAX is what they Peak out at.

Four bazooka tens can handle 1000 watts RMS.

Why do I say this...? Each sub I believe can handle 250 Watts if my math is correct 4 by 250 is 1000

Bottom line is your Amp's RMS rating should NOT be more than your speakers.

One thing to look for: Make sure the AMP is 1 Ohm stable

 

You can run more power than your speakers are rated for. However, you need to be more gentle with the gain/volume controls so you don't melt your sub's voicecoils. When you hear distortion or popping of the voicecoil extending past the magnetic gap and bottoming out - REDUCE VOLUME, or your subs won't last long.

Remember that running say 200wrms into a 200wrms subwoofer will sound somewhat cleaner and the sub will be more "under control" with a 400w amp that a 200w max amp. Look at a higher damping rating on the amplifier like over 200. This is what stops the woofer cone from flapping around after a bass note.

You can kill a 200wrms sub with 150wrms of distorted clipping power.

Common sense is all it takes.

Personally (nothing against Bazookas) I'd always build a custom box and good high power rating subs with lots of Xmax capability. The combination always sounds better than tubes. And a lot of the newer low Q rating subs will play in less than 1cu.ft box. You can still make it removeable like a bazooka.