I bypassed the amp. If you do that, you will need to run speaker wire from the radio to the old amp location.
I also wired in a new sub and stuck ot in the hole where the old sub was.
You gent are fantastic!! The conversation went from the heat transfer properties and insulating capabilities of the hood liner to, "Just burn it!". All on the name of science.
Feels like a mythbuster episode.
So, how did it burn?