Am I in over my head?

[JohnnyRed]

So the e-bay god decided to bring me some nice new toys.....
http://www.fastcougar.com/forums/attachments/inoverhead.jpg

For those of you who don't know, it's a 2way paging alarm with remote start. Now, I'm upgrading my previously installed (by yours truly) alarm system to this one. I only needed to connect 6 wires previously, this I'm counting 30+ Anyone want to take bets on how long it will take me? I still have to bypass my fuel cut relay, and am planning on adding a headlight output relay. Am I testing my electrical skills? Did I go to far? Stay tuned! ha ha

[XR2002]

Dude, I if you touch power and ground you make fire....... Thats my knowledge of it, you want some help?????? :)

[JAMallott]

bring it to the mod meet and someone there might be able to help man.

[JohnnyRed]

Ok, I just spent an hour and I got the Antenna, Shock sensor, and Remote start harness wired up.....now I have 13 more wires to do later. Oh joy.

[Madcat]

Installed a similar model at COLLEGE with nothing besides what was in my tool kit. Trust me bro, you ll be fine. Just take your time and read the directions. I did it outside in the cold and froze to death, but you ll be fine just take your time.

[OSUStallion]

If teen agers who work at Best Buy/ Circut City can install these things I cant be that hard you know. LOL Good luck though shouldnt be impossible.


Tony

[JohnnyRed]

done.......3 hours and 25 minutes total. I'm quite impressed. However I'm still trying to figure out the remote start deal. I think i'll have to find a way to trick the ecu to thinking the clutch is in. Do'h

[LinkMan]

Isn't remote starting of MTX vehicles usually considered a big no-no?

[JohnnyRed]

hmmmm, ran into slight problem.

Ok, I just installed my remote start system, and it starts but there are a few problems:

1. Foot has to be on clutch. I know I have to bypass this but what's the easiest way rather than taking a voltage on every wire on the clutch connector, then running one from the alarm to it.

2. After car starts it dies about 4 seconds later. My possible thoughts on this are:
a. RPM voltage not learned by my alarm brain
b. Something funky with my fuel cut relay (although bypassed)
c. Somethig funky in the alarm setup.

Everything else is perfect....any ideas?

[Pyro81]

Originally posted by: LinkMan
Isn't remote starting of MTX vehicles usually considered a big no-no?

The only time i would consider a remote start on an mtx a bad thing is when you have no emergency brake and you have to leave it in gear in order to keep it from going anywhere. Besides, i don't know when they first started doing this, but don't most vehicles come with sensors that know when a car is in gear or in neutral? And i think remote starters tap into that sensor.

[JohnnyRed]

ALL DONE! total time of 4.5 hours. I had to program my RPM into the comp, and I also had to run a wire to the clutch safety wire. So now I'm all set. Time to show it off to the ricers.