Yes, you will notice a significant difference. I ran a pair of 12" Alpine Type-Rs at 350RMS a piece and it was much, much louder than my friend's pair of Type-S 12"s at the same amount of power. The Type-R handles power completely differently because of the stiffer Kevlar cone. Also I ran an older (2001 model) Type-R 10" sub in a kid's Ford Ranger, I think we were running it on around 300RMS, much louder than you'd expect from that little sub. Keep in mind, the Type-R can take around 150% of the rated power, so later on if you want more bass, just buy an 800w amp and have at it.

 

5 or 10 dollars of 1/0 gauge is like a foot or 2. even if you got smaller wire you couldn't do it for that much.Mine was $4.90 a foot and you need about 8'. Then you need the connecters mine were $1.99 a piece I bought 6 and still didnt have enough. and I also did a couple extra wires too, mine is pretty much the "big 5" I did some posatives.

I am not trying to be an a** I just figured I would let people know that "the big 3" does cost a little, unless you have a hook up on wire that is.

 

Innovative Wiring now has a kit for 4.3L S-series vehicles...
I've heard nothing but good things about it, as well.
I have one... Just haven't put it in yet, lol.

 

oviously it will be but you need the electrical and the amp to power it sir