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First... what ohm load are you running your amp at.. this is prolly the 1st problem... the second is what gauge of wire are you using for power & ground...
most likely some one sold you a poopty wireing kit and the amp cannot pass enuff current.. thus the overheating.. that or you have it wired with too low of an ohm load on the amp....
IF its on a long trip its prolly the wireing... maybe the ohm load but at full power amps usually dont live for an hour or so at full volume if they are loaded too low...
If you are using an appropreate size power and ground... you can move the amp offa the box.. this is good for 2 reasons, first the ammount of vibration on the amp will be less... and will stop the amp from becoming a paperweight as fast...
second, you can mount it in the darkest coolest part of your trunk... allso you can get 12volt computer type cooling fans... i had to make an amprack+cooling fans for my buddys Soundstream rubicon 502 (500watts rms at 2 ohms...) it gets hawwt.... i beleave we recorded over 60degrees celcius on some places on the heatsink (not even inside the case...)
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