Im in the market for a remote car starter. My car is an 88 Crx si and it has no alarm nor do I really have much need for one right now but a canadian winter is coming and I have to drive this car, it takes forever to produce heat

The car is a 5 speed but somehow (previous owner) you dont have to deprsss the clutch to start the car. So I think that helps right?

If someone could help me find a cheap product that will get the job done all winter long from my house almost 125ft away and help with the installation and whats involved in the install Id apprecaite it

Thanks!

 

There are a few remote starts for standard transmission cars, [fail-safe to prevent car from starting in gear].
At the top of the list is Compustar... http://www.compustar.com/remote_start.htm

midway is Audiovox/Prestige... http://www.audiovox.com/webapp...Id=-1

at the entry level end is Autostart... http://www.autostart.ca/HTML_Frame.htm
and Polar start... http://www.canadaautoaccessory....html

When I say "midway" and "entry level end" I mean units that are still very dependable units, and all units I have installed more then a few of.

You can also get an "inexpensive" one from Bulldog, [Deluxe 500]... http://www.bulldogsecurity.com/

Install of a remote start is pretty much the same for all remote starts, [same number of connections have to be made, to the same wires in your car.

Here is a tag in sheet for your car... http://www.directwholesale.net...eID=3 and... http://www.the12volt.com/insta...ruise -.... http://www.the12volt.com/insta...Alarm

Feel free to IM me if you have questions. 94

 

How are they installed?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PINKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How are they installed?</TD></TR></TABLE> Same as in an automatic, except there is also a connection for the doors and one for the "Clutch Interlock Switch", the fail-safe on most of today's remote starts require you to put the remote start into "ready mode" by coming to a stop, putting transmission in neutral, stepping on foot brake, setting hand brake releasing foot brake, turning off ign. motor will keep running, opening a door and getting out, once last door is closed the motor will turn off, remote start is in ready mode, unit knows transmission must be in neutral, [as you got out of car with motor running] if a door is opened, [before remotely starting motor] the "ready mode is cancelled and would have to be reset before remote starting can be done. 94

 

are you joking?.........

I just wanna be able to fire this thing up anytime anywhere, no fail safes or ready modes. Can it be wired like that? I know how to leave my car in nuetral as thats all I do and set the ebrake anyways

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PINKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you joking?.........

I just wanna be able to fire this thing up anytime anywhere, no fail safes or ready modes. Can it be wired like that? I know how to leave my car in nuetral as thats all I do and set the ebrake anyways</TD></TR></TABLE>

You need this fail safe mode! I seen people that say- o i allways leave my car in netural. Then bam. there car hits something. Look at all the threads about it. Hell i am a installer and my **** hit a lexus. $2500 to paint and fix a bummper and tail lights. Friend left the car in gear. Owner only wanted the lexus dealer to fix. But I was young at 17. You can go get one thats made for auto and put it on a 5 speed but no shop is really going to do it. What are you going to do when your car hit someone and hurt someone or kills them or hit a wall or a car. Do things the right way and be safe. Better then jail time or lost wages


Oyea the e-brake is not going to keep the car put!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PINKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you joking?.........</TD></TR></TABLE> No, I am not joking. and although you can install a system in a standard without the fail-safes, keep this in mind, installing a remote start for automatic transmission only cars into a standard or not using the fail-safe will void the warranty on the unit, maybe not a biggie to you, until something goes wrong, but as wrx-killer-Sti eater points out you or more then likely someone else will leave it in gear, and you will remotely start it and it will hit something, anybody that tells you it will not start or will not go far should not quite their day job, I have started front wheel drive cars, [with "E" brake on and watched as the car jumps ahead and will idle down the road dragging it's locked back wheels.
You may always put it in neutral and set the "E" brake but chit happens, think of it this way, lets say for whatever reason the car is left or put in gear and you remotely start it, its parked a few feet behind some ones car, and some one, [your mom] is getting something out of the trunk, your car will not only lurch ahead hitting you mom, it will do it 3 times, or how about it's your kid sister and her friend from next door playing in front of your car and you run into/over them how would you feel then, [just because you didn't want fail-safes]
If you do hit someone do you think they will sue you, you bet they will, and they will win, your insurance will not pay, you bypassed a safety device, how would you like to be paying someones lost wages for the rest of your life, much less live with the fact that you injured or killed someone, and all because you didn't want to spend 2 more sec. in your car. 94

 

Well how is it installed the proper way then? Can you walk me through it?

is it difficult?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PINKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well how is it installed the proper way then? Can you walk me through it?

is it difficult?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool. Now common sence is kicking in. Save yourself the trouble of making up a failsafe for the dei. Get the compustar because it comes with it allready built in. I like that instead of rigging something up. Rigging can allways fail sometimes if not done right or by a pro. Hit "fcm" up. He is in your area and maybe can install it for you. And he is a dealer for compustar. Plus he has the experince to do the job right and correctly. What most shops lack or don't take the time to do.

 

he isnt in my area as Im in canada

I personally want to spend little money on this unit and they probably all come with these fail safes dont they? they just have to be wired?

Im not very experienced at all with electrical

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PINKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he isnt in my area as Im in canada

</TD></TR></TABLE>

"Kelowna, BC" is in Canada...but then who really cares when we can fit all of Europe in here

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Odessa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

"Kelowna, BC" is in Canada...but then who really cares when we can fit all of Europe in here </TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto that, and I thought I knew Canada but hell if I can find ******* Gtown not even at Google Earth.

In your casePINKS it is the same exact install as on a auto transmission, except you have to connect up the door pins, [easy on a Honda/Acura] your "Clutch Interlock Switch" has already been "bypassed", [probably unplugged and jumper installed] so the "status" output lead does not have to be connected to the "CIS", and of coarse you have to have a remote start for manual transmission cars, in the case of the Compustar it comes as one for a manual, a jumper needs to be cut to use in an automatic. 94

 

I guess Ill ask the speicfic questions when I get a unit here

Thanks alot bud

 

"they probably all come with these fail safes dont they?"

No they don't. Only the Compustar.

 

If your going to put a remote start on a manual car, you have to do it the right way. A while back i bought a hatch that had remote start, and a clutch bypass, and within 1 hour of owning the car i had already attempted to start it while in gear. Do not mess aroudn with something like that, just do it right

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by suspendedHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">"they probably all come with these fail safes dont they?"

No they don't. Only the Compustar.</TD></TR></TABLE> Not so, there are a few more remote starts for standard transmission cars out there other then Compustar, Autostart, Polarstart, Audiovox and a few more, but the Compustar IMO is by far the best. 94

 

Well I was just at my grandparents and whatdya know, they have an old gift someone gave them from christmas laying around and they said they didnt want it.... score!

I dunno if its a good brand or not I havent even openned it, I think it was clled pro start. Im gonna take pics of its and the whole nine and hopefully someone can guide me through the install

 

The unti specifically is a ProStart CT-3100

Made for automatic transmission vehicles aparently

It sure does seem to have a hell of a lot of connections but Im assuming since I dont have power locks, windows, truck etc that I wont be using alot of them right?

Im gonna read through the instructions as best I can

Im an absolutely wiring noob, so Id be willing to pay for some quality help via paypal

Definetely need help with an easy install

 

i cant do this myself

 

Like this... http://www.canadiantire.ca/gat...s.htm Prostart is made by Autostart, who also make Polarstart... http://www.autostart.ca/USA/HTML_Frame.htm and made right here in Canada, they make a very dependable product. 94