Remote Starts???

[bazan]

You'll have to forgive me, I'm relatively new at this stuff. Is it theoretically possible to wire a remote start into a '91 240SX h/b with a manual transmission. Almost all the ads I've seen say 'only for cars withh automatic trnasmissions.' Where I'm going it is colder than a witch's a$$ and I could use one, not to mention that they are nice year round. But my car is a stick. What can I do??? Thanks

[BB Turbo]

Hmmmm.......well, all of the cars I have seen with it were all automatic except for one, and that was a civic that wasnt riced, he had a stickshift with remote start, i honestly dont have a clue of how he did it or if i was just seeing things, i guess youll just have tyo stick it ou

[diamondj30]

one of my friends thought it would be cool in his stick supra,anyway hes trying to be cool and start it on the way to his car with a date and it jumped curb and he was chasising it down in a park.hes had other mishaps to.ya theres a reason to only put them on automatics.all my cars have it but they are automatic

[Top Speed Coupe]

you can do it to a MAnual 240. My 240 doesn't need the clutch in to start. You just can't have it in gear when u park it. It is really easy to do. Like $20 and good knowledge.

My Theory.-Buy the remote fogs lights from discount auto. -Instead of wiring the fogs wire it to the starter seloniod.

Problem 1: You have to press the button 2 times since it will keep 12v to the starter=NO GOOD lol

Good Luck

[jin3000]

clifford makes a remote star/alarm for manual and auto it called the solaris but its not cheap.its safer than most because you have to press a button before you get out of your car .this keeps th car running until yuor allrm is armedthen it shuts down,keep in mind you are already out of your car and if your car is running its not in gear when you get out.so you dont hev to worry about your car taking off on you.when you come back to you car or the next morning you just press a button and your car wiil start.it seems like a lot to do just to get remote start but its safe.hope this helps

[burningskulls]

My friend has it on his Civic. You just wire it so the car is "tricked" into thinking the clutch is in. But yes, you have to have it in neutral or your car will jump, which is bad if you are in a parking lot (or anywhere for that matter)

[Rockenreno]

lol, that would be interesting if you left someone in the car and they stuck it in gear before you got back and shut it on :P

Sounds like a good prank to play on friends

[twofourzeroSX]

Clifford sux. i cant even figure out my clifford auto start on my manual and the former owner forgets how to do it

[Jesda]

I use the CrimeStopper II system. Price was good, works like a charm on my Q45. My room is downstairs, and its nice in the winter to hit the start when I wake up and have a toasty warm car when I get out there.

[Florida240sx]

Goign to install one on mine pretty soon but now I got to figure out my alarm system that i though was out of my car. Was messing with my speakers so tok a fuse out. ut the fuse back in but wrong cord. No my car wouldn't start and there's a little rd light that was installed that was blinking and clicking away. Haven't had time to investigate what i need to have security on my car again. What would be a good brand to go with?

[sidewaySilvia]

2 things you can do here. I'm an mecp installer. You're getting a good tidbit right here.

For you novices out there: if you don't mind being able to start the car without pushing the clutch in you can simply go behind the clutch pedal and splice the 2 wires together. Now you'll trick the alarm into thinking the cars an automatic..

For the more technically inclined: relay the sucker. Use one of your triggers from the alarm and set up a n.o circuit. Some alarms have negative when remote start wire that you can use.

No matter what method you use , PAY ATTENTION AND BE CAREFUL. Always make sure car is in nuetral when exiting vehicle!!

I'm not to be held liable for any damages or mutilations to the person(s) or car(s) involved in the matter. I'm simply providing ample information for the user to use at his or her discretion.

[MECPInstaller]

I personally wouldn't remote start a manual. I almost always leave the car in neutral but when i've taken my car to a mechanic they've left it in gear, if i would have had one that day i would have been chasing my car as it ran into someones house. I've heard horror stories of children being ranover, cars going through garages and the weekend mechanic with his keys in his pocket under the car, leans on them the wrong way starts the remote start and well you know what goes from there. Afew of them might be urban legends but I'm just kinda shaky on the whole remote start on a manual, unless the alarm/remote start is specifically made for one.

[Florida240sx]

I was thinking of some lever I could make it to where I flip it so the clutch is stuck like make a bracket that I slide a bolt through everytime.So If i forget to put the bolt in then the car can't start.Because clutch is not pushed in. t should't be too hard to figure out a simple setup like this should it.

[mrbean]

I've got it pretty much set up in my '89 manual s13 hatch. My alarm is the Clifford Matrix 3.5 responder.

You know, even in a manual 240, there's a neutral position sensor that can be relayed to either a neutral safety switch or a clutch bypass. Since my alarm came with a neutral safety switch (car won't start unless in neutral) I just hooked it to that.

I set up a seperate relay for the clutch override, to be triggered only when remote starting, so I still have a fully functional clutch when starting the car normally.

If you want to get REALLY fancy, you can relay the neutral switch to the Ebrake switch, so the car won't remote start unless the car is in neutral AND the ebrake is up. I think this takes out a lot of the danger of a manual remote start. Lemme know if you want the relay diagrams.

[vancouverbc]

there are remote starters for both manual and automatic. the hard part is getting keyless entry on the 91 240sx. you need an extrea actuator.

[Silvia007]

There is a neutral sensor on our cars, If someone can find a way to hook it up to the alarm so that it will only start if it's in neutral, then that would solve our problems. I didn't give any time think about how to get this to work, I just came up with the idea now.

[mrbean]

dude, read my reply. I got it set up. There's several ways to do this:

1) You could hook up the neutral sensor to your clutch bypass relay (if you have/make one), so that the clutch will only bypass (allowing remote start) when the car is in neutral.

2) If your alarm came with a neutral safety switch for automatics, you can hook that right up to the neutral sensor. Depending on polarity, you might need a relay.

[Dragon240]

Where is access to the wires for this neutral safety switch?

[mrbean]

in my '89 s13, the neutral sensor wire was the green/orange wire going to the ecu on the passenger side kick panel. I'm not positive, but it should be the same for your '92 as well.

I'll try to get a pic of the page from the FSM.

[sidewaySilvia]

funny shizz.. someone mentioned earlier, what if a friend puts the car in 1st on remote start on m/t. well , i was driving around with one of my friends the other day ( he happens to be a nissan tech ) when i parked this bastardo put the car in 1st without me knowing. . when we come back and i remote start the car is jumping down the road. he didnt know i had a rem. start and he always puts the car in 1st gear. he figured he was doin me a favor.. well.. id like to repay the favor these chestnuts need a lickin!! haha nayway , case in point for the thread

[MAXIMUS Nismo]

IfI'm not mistaken, I think it may alo be illegal to have one in a Manual. I had one on my civic and it only jumped on me once. The ebrake is what i use to park the car, not 1st gear. I'm sorely missing this feature on the 240. Morning are getting really cold now, and refuse to drive my car before the engine is poperly warmed up.

[Rex]

Not sure if it's illegal, but I'm almost positive the installation manual has a statement absolving the manufacturer of responsibility if installed in a manual, since they all have the proctection feature that requires the clutch to be depressed. Disabling this safety feature is what would absolve them.

[doainwpg]

buy the correct remote start there are a number of starters out there for manual trannies, maybe look at something like a compustar for example