Does anyone know what kind of power the stock s14 clarion amps are capable of putting out? I'm currently in the process of removing my aftermarket amp to regain trunk space and need to decide between amplification from my aftermarket head unit or putting the stock amp back in and connecting it to my head unit's preamp outputs(RCA jacks) by soldering RCA cables onto the adapter harnesses.

I've searched, but haven't been able to find much info about them. All I could dig up is that they're something like 25W-50W, I'm guessing total for both amps so between 6.5W or 12.5W per speaker, and that they're designed for 2-ohm speakers so those figures get cut in half with my current 4-ohm alpine speakers.

My HU is capable of something like 20W per speaker with it's internal amp, so I suppose what I'm really asking is can the factory amps even come close to that? Just figured I'd ask before I went to the trouble to attach the RCA male ends to the harness only to be rewarded with crappy sound.


Thanks for any help