remember even though you amp says 1000 watts,it might rarely see that.CHeck the total amerage of the fuses on the amp, at 1000 watss should be at least 100-120, figure the stock altenator is MAYBE 55, so your killing the altnerator as well as draining the battery when the bass hits. I really dont belive in caps,even though the companies i worked for made them, I would use 100+ amp alternator and dual batteried if possible and then last resort is a cap. Make sure you have good grounds and maybe even put a DVOM on the battery to see what the volts are dropping to.In my truck i have ran 4 Kicker 12" L7's with a 2000 watt amp at 1/2 ohm and another 1400 watt amp for highs as well 5 screens,PS2,all powered by 2 stock batteries and 140 amp alternator.