Who's running remote start on their thundercats? November 17, 2006, 06:51:30 AM With a manual tranny? What brand are you using? How long have you had it and are you happy with it? I'm thinking about installing one before the coming winter hits. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #1 – November 17, 2006, 07:33:54 AM Using one on my 87 but it's part of my alarm system.Ungo 5000,cost me about 500cdn installed.Happy with it so far and i've had it for a few years. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #2 – November 17, 2006, 10:45:33 AM I do believe that they are gonna tell you the remote start is onlt for automatics. It can be done though. You'll have to bypass the clutch safety switch. Also make sure it is in Neutral when you park it. Another thing is to make sure that E-brakes works really good. I have seen several people do it just not in our cars. It would be a nice convenince especially up there in the cold you must get. I say go for it. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #3 – November 17, 2006, 05:37:02 PM I'm installing one on the project car this summer. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #4 – November 17, 2006, 08:36:21 PM Quote from: ipsd;114112I do believe that they are gonna tell you the remote start is onlt for automatics. It can be done though. You'll have to bypass the clutch safety switch. Also make sure it is in Neutral when you park it. Another thing is to make sure that E-brakes works really good. I have seen several people do it just not in our cars. It would be a nice convenince especially up there in the cold you must get. I say go for it.I've seen one (and one only) specificly for Manuals and it has a turbo timer feature as well. But I can't seem to find the site anymore. They happen to be local as well. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #5 – November 17, 2006, 08:37:20 PM I'm a liar... here's the link.http://www.autoalarmpro.com/remote_starter_for_m_t Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #6 – November 17, 2006, 10:22:37 PM $49. "Prostart" from Canadian Tire. I think its basically the Canadian Version of Autostart in the US. As you know my T-Bird is automatic, but I have put the exact same system in a friends Mustang (five speed). What I did was split the wire to the hood pin switch, and use the neutral signal wire, from the trans to the computer, (via a relay of course) to prevent the car from starting unless the trans is in neutral. I forgot exactly how I did this, but you basically take the neutral signal (weather + or - ) and relay it to trigger a ground through the hood pin switch wire. Those well versed in electronics, Thunderchicken or others, may be able to comment further here.I would not recomend by passing the clutch switch, but then again I have always parked stick shifts in gear. As an alternative many companies make a product specifically for for manual trans. It does cost more, but you would be safe.Am I happy with it? Basically yes. The range is no where near what is advertised but it works from the house to the car on the driveway. In colder temps, the unit does not always work. But I will chalk that up to cars being hard to start in the cold and the fact that the unit cannot finess the throttle like a human can when the car is stubborn. When I am in the middle of no where in winter, I often leave the car idleing for hours, even overnight, the unit allows the security of not having to lock the ignition key in the car, and keep the seperate door key in my pocket. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #7 – November 17, 2006, 10:59:47 PM I bought a Bulldog remote start system ($50) and installed it on my '88 XR-7.NEVER AGAIN.Bulldog is total . Not only were the installation directions vague and full of errors, but the kit itself was total junk. The remote would function correctly only if you were standing next to the freaking car... that's the range it had.The best part was when the control box fried itself and cut off power to my brake lights. Amazing...Bottom line:You get what you pay for. Buy a high quality unit and do it right. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #8 – November 18, 2006, 12:13:19 AM I first had bulldog in my tempo, and I completely agree with what you are saying. Total . When I sunk the remote (and all my keys) in a little snowmobiling incident I went for the prostart unit because it was on sale for $50.I totally agree with what your saying in the price v. quality arguement, but I'd heard all good things about prostart and gave it a try. Four years and about 10 different installs later, no problems. Of course this is of no interest to those south of the border as you probably have different brands down there. Probably, 90% of the time I follow the you get what you pay mantra, but I couldn't spend $250 for something I would probably loose the remote for. Also, In my remote area of Canada we don't have much choice besides Canadian tire, Part Source, and WalMart; and to buy off of ebay you basically loose all change or warrenty support. About the range thing. My unit advertises 1000' of remote range. In reality (I actually tested this) it really varies.parking lot with other cars: max 400'middle of a wheat field: 2000' easilythrough cement building wall (the shop at work): less than 100' Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #9 – November 18, 2006, 12:27:37 PM Nope they sell that bulldog here to. They even sell them at Oreilly auto parts. Out of the 5-6 I've seen sold they all come back. Most of the time they aren't even installed. Bulldog is . They rank right up there with Pyramid car audio stuff. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #10 – November 20, 2006, 08:11:58 PM I installed an autopage system in my 87 TC. Its great, it has a fm transmitter pager remote with about a half mile range(varies as anyone would exspect). It has a tap sensor that you can install so people can page you to your car which has its pros and cons. It has three different remote start options, timer, rpm and voltage (I installed it with the timer, but Im going to change it to the rpm, I think that will be better as the time starter doesnt alway start it since starting time varies). It has a bunch of different opt. like turbo time and active / passive arming, drivers door unlock only on first unlock, ect. Plus it has 3 spare chanels (6 altogether). Of course they will tell you it can only be installed on an automatic car, but you can install it on any car really, just make sure you never leave it in gear(duh right). On some of the t5s and I think most if not all the tremecs there is a neutral safty switch which you can wire up to avoid in gear starts, but my t5 doesnt have that. Anyways I paid about $200 for it and installed it myself, the install instructions are easy to follow if you have a wiring diagram for the car and some basic car knowhow. So far I havent had any trouble with it. As far as coolness factor...well, its pretty freakin cool to hear your 50 start up on its own. Oh yeah, one other cool feature, the remote has a clock so you can program it to start at a specific time, kinda like an alarm. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #11 – November 20, 2006, 08:29:01 PM That would be pretty cool to have my car be my alarm in the mornings. :D Pretty sure the neighbors wouldn't. :(Thanks for the feedback. Quote Selected
Who's running remote start on their thundercats? Reply #12 – November 20, 2006, 10:18:47 PM Well, one of my freinds neighboor's drove a mustang through their garage into their house. It is illegal to have one in a stick car. I am not saying I wouldn't, but its prolly only a matter of time... Quote Selected
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