Audio Systems: overheating amp, audiobahn a8000t, 4 ohms

Question
ok my amp is a audiobahn A8000T 1600w class a/b,  intake series. my speakers- 2 12'' audiofonics 1200w each 600w RMS. The ground wire is on a sanded off area and is tight.  Would a capacitor help any?      ok i hope some of this info helps,thanks

Answer
Ok well you didnt give me the model of the sub but from the specs you gave me it looks like the ADF-272
The audiobahn 8000T is designed to put out 400watts at 4 ohms or 800watts at 2 ohms
You have 4 coils that are 4 ohms each so here's whats happening:
If you wired all the coils in parallel (4 coils divided by 4 ohms) will create a 1 ohm load.  your amp only runs down to a 2 ohm load.  running it a 1 ohm will make your amp overheat.
If you wire your subs's coils in series and then wire them together in parallel you will get a 4 ohm load (4+4=8 (8 ohms each sub) and 8 ohms each sub / 2 subs = 4 ohms total.
If you do this your amp wont overheat but at 4 ohms it will only put out 400 watts, so each sub will only get 200 each.  that's not that much.  I would say that this amp isnt a very good match for these subs.  If you can get another one of these amps (THE EXACT SAME ONE!) then you'll have 4 times the power (each one will run at 2 ohms givving 800 watts each so instead of 400 watts you'll get 1600!)
Good luck!  Let me know how it goes