jjTSX

Sup honkies, I was wondering if it is possible to put a remote start on a 6 spd, Is there a neutral switch you have to connect to? and has anyone done this ?
thanks

pandimus

i know it is possible. I think some alarms you have to disable to clutch switch, and remember to leave it in neutral. Other alarms have an in-gear position switch that wont allow you to start if in gear.

roughrider

I was buying side skirts for my RSX Type S and the guy I got them from, had remote start on his Type S. So, it is possible. Here is what I found on Ebay.

http://search.ebay.com/remote-start-...ectZ1QQfromZR8

elduderino

Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do something. And there's no right way to do something stupid.

There is no gear position switch in the TSX 6mt except for R. This means there is no reliable way to make sure your TSX doesn't hit something if started in gear.

I've seen it done, I'd heard about it being done, it's just too dangerous.

Now, there are systems which have a "rub your tummy pat your head" sequence to go thorugh before shut down that allow a remote start after you've proven that you didn't forget - Crimestopper used to have this, I believe CompuStar does now, and there was an add-on gadget you could use too.

But you have to remember to do the sequence before shutdown! Each time!

pandimus

those links he just put on specifically say's that if you use that alarm it has a circuit designed to not start if the car is left in gear.

biker

Are people getting that lazy and infatuated with gadgets?

DGH

I see what you mean.

Master47

I like the map AND the GPS.

joerockt

Are you saying that you can start a 6MT without the clutch depressed in any gear?

biker

Sure, you could bypass the safety switch built into the clutch - something you'd have to do with a remote start system.

biker

Like I said, I only have the GPS on my bike - but only when I go out on a road trip. The guy with that bike has some serious gadget issues.

zzzed

there is a pretty fool proof method over on carsound.com- see: http://www.carsound.com/UBB/ultimate...c;f=3;t=002286
its not a tsx, but the idea might be adapted to fit.......

GIBSON6594

DON'T DO IT!!! Seriously, I believe it is illegal to have auto-start on a manual. I did it anyway with my prelude. One day my stepfather moved my car to get his out and left it in gear instead of e-braking it. I wake up to go to school on a cold morning, start the car using the auto start, and through the garage door it went. Needed a paint job and replacement parts, wasnt fun. Never used the auto start again after that.

My opinion

joerockt

How the hell 1) does the car start with out the clutch depressed and 2) not stall if its in first gear???

ClutchPerformer

That's what I was wondering...

LannyM

Back before manual cars had safety switches on clutches, I remember several instances where someone would turn the key with the car in gear and the clutch engaged, and the car would leap forward. Even if it didn't start, it would move several feet while the key was turned.

If you look at the owner's manual of on old Subaru, like early eighties, it actually suggested this practice to move the car in the event that it was out of gas or some other such disabling event, in order to safely get it off the road........

So, if you bypass the clutch safety switch, the TSX would do that too. The trick is get a system with an input the will NOT allow the remote to work if the car is not in neutral.......

97AcuraCL

and ______ company makes a remote start like this?

Nd4Spd

I had a remote starter on my manual EL before I got my TSX... You guys think its a luxury, but it's a necessity here in the frigid north. When it gets down to -40 (it doesn't matter if that's fahrenheit or Celsius) I like to have my command start warming up the engine every few hours.

Basically how it worked. Before shutting off the engine I had to place the car in neutral, then set the starter. After leaving the vehicle the starter would shut-off the ignition and set itself. Also need a bypass for the immobilizer. Normally what they do is use the valet key to bypass the immobilizer. I'm getting one instaslled on my TSX next week so hopefully I can share some more details with you

LannyM

Actually, there's quite a few, the Ultrastart M 2250 for one, which is sold by a shop a couple of towns over from me. It has a positive and negative safety shutdown input, which basically will prevent it from starting if it senses a signal from a switch on the transmission. The problem is that the TSX does not have such a switch from the factory, so you would need to create one, such as the one in the link above to carsound.com, or get a system the you "put to bed" like Nd4Spd is getting.....