North Star SMS 400 power questions

[Gbob2003 10+ year member]

So I just picked up a north star SMS 400 battery and this thing a monster. Huge battery which I'm sure you all know, but my question to you folks, I am debating how much power I can throw at this battery on a stock alt. I have big 3 done obviously, 1/0 Rockford oxygen free run to the NS from up front. Right now I'm just toying with it, I have an saz 1500 on it but I'm wondering how much more I can throw to this battery. I've read of people putting 5k on these batteries without dipping below 12v on stock alt at half ohm. How many of you actually think this battery can handle that high of wattage without using a H/O alt?

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[Gbob2003 10+ year member]

Nobody?

 

[Tripn88]

How many amps is your stock alt....

 

[Massive spl]

With one of those sms400 and stock alt I'd run a 3k amp

 

[Gbob2003 10+ year member]

It's 130 amp alt.

 

[SounDrive Pro Seller]

It has a ton of reserve, not a ton of cranking power. Cranking power is what you want for audio

 

[Gbob2003 10+ year member]

You don't think 1,700 cranking amps is enough to handle like 3-5k?