remote start
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
It would be easier with an automatic but it would not be too hard. With a manual you would have to leave it in neutral.
I have the info to jumper around the TDR to crank and start the car with a key in the ignition. Would need to jumper that too.
May I ask why you want to do this?
I have the info to jumper around the TDR to crank and start the car with a key in the ignition. Would need to jumper that too.
May I ask why you want to do this?
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It would be easier with an automatic but it would not be too hard. With a manual you would have to leave it in neutral.
I have the info to jumper around the TDR to crank and start the car with a key in the ignition. Would need to jumper that too.
May I ask why you want to do this?
I have the info to jumper around the TDR to crank and start the car with a key in the ignition. Would need to jumper that too.
May I ask why you want to do this?
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Might want to look at what these guys have to offer. I have seen a post where one guy had installed 5 of them and it worked as advertised.
http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/default.aspx
The key to success is for it to power up the computer modules first (putting the ignition in ON) and then powering the starter.
http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/default.aspx
The key to success is for it to power up the computer modules first (putting the ignition in ON) and then powering the starter.
Instructor
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From: Gretna LA
Do it. I've heard all the myths too. But as a certified M.E.C.P. installer, I can tell you that as long as its installed correctly its no different than starting the car with the key. The key doesn't actually go into the engine. It makes electrical connections that start the car. A good remote start just mimics the same process and starts the car. With the factory anti-theft system intact if the sensed anything different than its normal starting sequence it wouldn't start or it would start and immediately die. So do it and enjoy. I'll be installing one on my Z06 very soon. Even with manual transmission. But I wouldn't call it a D.I.Y. project. Most people get scared once they take it out of the box. Way more wires than most people are ready for.
Last edited by RedBoy504; Feb 2, 2015 at 09:34 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
I sure hope with a manual you don't remote start it in gear. That would be ugly. If you install a work around for that I would be curious what your idea would be.
If I had to do it I would try to have a shifter/shifter rod related switch to only enable start in neutral. Not sure how difficult that would be, but not easy. My idea does not sound simple or reliable. Can't think of another way off the top of my head right now.
Good luck with the install and let us know how it goes, especially with a manual.
If I had to do it I would try to have a shifter/shifter rod related switch to only enable start in neutral. Not sure how difficult that would be, but not easy. My idea does not sound simple or reliable. Can't think of another way off the top of my head right now.
Good luck with the install and let us know how it goes, especially with a manual.
Drifting
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From: Somewhere out there
The manual remote starters are impossible to start in gear if installed correctly. All the internet horror storied you hear/see for cars randomly driving thru walls etc are from ppl that hacked an install.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Drifting
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From: Somewhere out there
Current remote starters require you to go through am 'arming' sequence before they will function.
Most commonly you must park the car, set the parking brake, release the brake pedal, engage the remote starter, exit the car, close the door and shut down the car with the remote.
After following such a procedure the car is only possibly in one state, neutral. Now if a door opens the starter will disable itself.
Most commonly you must park the car, set the parking brake, release the brake pedal, engage the remote starter, exit the car, close the door and shut down the car with the remote.
After following such a procedure the car is only possibly in one state, neutral. Now if a door opens the starter will disable itself.
Drifting
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From: Shell Point (Crawfordville) Florida
Isn't the best way, as well as the quickest, to warm up the car, is to drive it at a moderate speed for a few minutes, rather than let it sit in the driveway running? I don't know where you live and how cold it gets, but the '99 C5 I had when I lived in NJ in the winter would warm up within 2-3 min., blowing hot air out of the heater vents. Here, now in Florida where the temps get down to 30's-40's, my 2000 C5 is warm within maybe in 1 1/2 - 2 miles of driving, so if it was me, I wouldn't bother to go through all that trouble.
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Current remote starters require you to go through am 'arming' sequence before they will function.
Most commonly you must park the car, set the parking brake, release the brake pedal, engage the remote starter, exit the car, close the door and shut down the car with the remote.
After following such a procedure the car is only possibly in one state, neutral. Now if a door opens the starter will disable itself.
Most commonly you must park the car, set the parking brake, release the brake pedal, engage the remote starter, exit the car, close the door and shut down the car with the remote.
After following such a procedure the car is only possibly in one state, neutral. Now if a door opens the starter will disable itself.
Drifting
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From: Somewhere out there
Sure does.....
If you have to leave the car running and get out. It has to be in neutral.
What happens is you try to get out of a running car that's not in neutral?? Post a vid of you trying it
If you have to leave the car running and get out. It has to be in neutral.
What happens is you try to get out of a running car that's not in neutral?? Post a vid of you trying it
Instructor
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From: Kansas City MO
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
I looked on the website I referred to and their info is nonexistent on the install.
Burning Brakes
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Isn't the best way, as well as the quickest, to warm up the car, is to drive it at a moderate speed for a few minutes, rather than let it sit in the driveway running? I don't know where you live and how cold it gets, but the '99 C5 I had when I lived in NJ in the winter would warm up within 2-3 min., blowing hot air out of the heater vents. Here, now in Florida where the temps get down to 30's-40's, my 2000 C5 is warm within maybe in 1 1/2 - 2 miles of driving, so if it was me, I wouldn't bother to go through all that trouble.