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What do you all recommend for a remote start unit for a viper 600 with a standard transmision?
Posts: 804 | From: olathe, ks | Registered: Jun 1999
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With a standard transmission??? I dont recommend a remote starter! I had a rs on my old duster, which was a stick. I had an emergency brake switch and a neutral switch. It was supposed to not start unless both switches were closed. I spent about 6 hours on the neutral switch, and never did get it just right. Had the car at a shop, and neglected to ask them to park it in neutral, so, I hit's the button, car is in first, cranks over, starts, drives it's self right over the curb and into the side of the building. No damage, just embarassing. Kinda funny, engine still running, tire just spinning...
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does anyone have any numbers for these companys or a place to buy i can't find any, i could build a circuit for it i guess. if i was to build a circuit what are someof the points that i need to put sensors on? 1. Nuetral switch 2. Clutch Switch anything else?
Posts: 804 | From: olathe, ks | Registered: Jun 1999
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I've thought about this long and hard, and I've come up with a possible solution. I was thinking that if you could press the button on your remote before shutting down your engine, then remove the key, and the remote starter would run the engine for, oh, say 15 seconds or so. This would give you plenty of time to discover if your in neutral or not and get the parking brake set. It would also NOT allow the car to remote start unless it ran that entire 15 seconds. This would help eliminate some of the starting in gear problems. The way it would work would be that in the morning when you go to start it, if it didn't run the 15 seconds, you'd hit the remote to start, and a second or 2 later, it'd beep the siren or something to let you know it is NOT going to remote start due to a failure. Actually, the more I think of it, I'd let the engine run until the outside door lock was used. Doing this would almost GUARANTEE that the car is in neutral, with the parking brake set, and that the driver isn't just pushing in the clutch. Hmmm... who wants to design the circuit for that little gem??
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I have heard about a system like the above that you described. That is the system that i have been looking for, i am going to wright out a circuit like the above and then i won't have to have all the bypass switches.
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Hey, if you get it to work, let me know. If it is an add on circuit to a standard remote starter, we could make a killing with it! Seriously, let me know if you get something working!
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Moneybag and Audiophyle. That is exactly how the Polarstart unit works. You have to get the vehicle into "ready" mode. With the car stopped, tranny in neutral with E-Brake on, press the starter button on the remote (this will keep the engine running under starter control.)exit the vehicle. Once the door is closed you can either shut of the starter or use the lock button on the remote. This will shut down the starter and lock the doors. Now, for any reason the doors are opened, the hood is opened, the E-brake is released or the brake pedal is pressed, the unit exit's ready mode and will not remote start. The unit stays in ready mode indefinatly until any of the above things happen. We've installed this unit with a Clifford Concept 60 off channel 4 and it works great.
Phone # for them is.(514)738-9750
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Posts: 128 | From: Red Deer, AB, Canada | Registered: Nov 1999
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I believe Command Start (CSI out of Winnipeg) has a similar unit either an add on or a different unit just for standards. I have heard many horror stories about such units installed in standard tranny vehicles. Even done properly, there is still the human factor involved, like the one time you forget to go through your checklist before leaving the vehicle. It's enough to make me more than a little leary of putting one in a standard.
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Posts: 490 | From: Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Check out Designtech (auto command), they have a unit for standard transmissions, You must shut the engine off with the remote in order to restart it. www.designtech-intl.com
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Posts: 135 | From: Dickerson Run, Pa | Registered: Oct 1999
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to be perfecty honest....i have installed just about ever remote start unit ever produced and there are only 2 brands i would even consider installing for anyone
1) any DEI product, for the most part they are user & installer Friendlly and VERY reliable
2) some Design-tech stuff...its really decent equipment for the money kinda chinchy looking remotes but all around worth it
Clifford used to be decent stuff.... but i've seen alot of recent problems with the products/support
Posts: 45 | From: Erie,PA usa | Registered: May 1999
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the unit is a ASTRO START. www.Astrostart.com for info. model is a 2503, it has a true range around 1/4 mile and uses 2 IR senders and recievers that mount to the shifter which need to be set up (and it takes some time to get it to work). I've done at lease a dozen this yr and there the ****. Contact me for more info and features.
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