ok ill share my two cents.. you can load about 600watts on that 8gauge cable. and for an amp to power a sub in a decent price range look into a Kenwood 729s its a 2channel 600watt, 300watt rms(rms is what really matters most of the time anyways..) and i use that one currently for my two 10in subs and it works just fine. and it should even be suficient to handle a decent 12in sub. that amp will probably go for about 150-200ish but might be cheaper for the last years model because i think they have a new model out now. i have pics of it on my site..

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-Jason

97 Talon ESi-T (forever in progress...)


95 GS (Gone)
16.74@83.18mph
119.8 whp - 113.3 lbs/ft


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