Remote warm up for the FR-S?
 

I was just wondering if you could install anything to remotely start the car and the heat. I know this may be only for automatic transmissions but I am curious since many new cars have this feature.

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got one in my Manual FRS,

dont care what people say, my driveway is flat, so its never in gear to begin with, its life changing lol

more info on the one you have

That is what the parking brake is for anyway. No need to leave it in gear as long as that works.
How did you get around the clutch start switch though? I would love a remote!

its a cheap brand, one way remote,
avital 4113, nice range, starts the car 90% of the time on the first try, sometimes it takes a second try to start the car,

only use it in the winter months

to be honest, i dont know how they got around it, the job i work for installed the unit for me, they do it all the time for manual cars


they use some kind of clutch bypass module

That's awesome. You're a lucky man haha. These winter mornings are killing me.

Winter mornings in South Carolina?? lol :)

SC winter mornings??? like a low of 40???

lol

Anything below 60 is cold here haha. My southern skin can't handle it. We had 2 days off of school this week due to <1 inch of snow and also a 2 hour delay due to 25 degree weather. We can't handle it down here lol.

So your saying our -18F this week would have been enough to shut down? Damn I am moving!

I know I used to live in NC, and one time it snowed (about a quarter inch) and they shut down all of the local schools and military was helping out around town lol.

Right? Cold weather and snow in the southern states is literally statewide emergency.

id love to only get a half inch on snow and be a low of 40 degrees lol

ill trade with you!

Some say it's hard on car’s engine to start it and just let it idle for a long period of time ..... http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...mages/skep.gif


humfrz

Need to define "a long period of time" really. Five minutes? Twenty? Three hours?

Really? I hear conflicting views on this. Some people say that you should let it warm up a little for if it's really cold out while others say that you are just wasting gas and that newer cars do not need to do this. I personally let it warm up for 5-10 minutes in the morning while I make breakfast and when I drive, the shifting is a lot smoother. When I don't, however, it's really rigid when shifting. My guess is that the fluids are not properly ready throughout the car but I could be wrong. Still, I prefer getting in my car when it's not ball-shrinking cold, regardless if it may take off a few miles off of my car's lifespan lol.

I agree with Mr Stanley. I let mine warm up for 3-5 minutes. It drives much better after warming up. When it's cold it sounds weird and it actually seems to affect performance for the first few minutes.

How about 5+ minutes ..... ;)

I usually let my car finish its start up dance, then just move on slowly, till I get out of the subdivision (a few blocks) and then keep it under about 4,000 RPMs till I get to the grocery store (or doctors office or bank), in a couple of miles.

Then on the way home it's "hammer down", as I blow past a few old ladies in Buicks and housewives in mini-vans ......:burnrubber:


humfrz

Pretty much what I do normally.
But... when covered in ice and snow I will let it sit and warm up at least 10 minutes to make scrapping much easier.
Don't think it hurts anything as some people can sit in traffic for longer periods.

Idling doesn't hurt a modern engine much. I work with a lady that left hers running from 5am till 5pm with no ill effects. She just got out of the car and went in to the shop forgetting to turn it off.

This.


Sent from Tandy 400

Because in the south we don't get snow. We get ice. Northerners usually find that out the hard way on the roads.

I am getting the viper 5706v installed in my FR-S. It is a remote start and security system.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/viper-re...99212600050001

very cool. just read the range on this thing is a mile! thats crazy.
question > do you know if the viper can be installed in a manual? couldn't find answer on their official website or best buy page.

I have a compustar slice jr in my brz. All of the ranges say "up to" a certain foot range. If it's advertised as a mile, you'll expect half of that. Don't go by the advertised distance.


Viper and compustar can both be installed on a manual transmission. It's not a big deal these days.

Yea you can get it for manual. But for manual it does require a process to be able to use the remote start.

This video will show you what you would need to do.

Skip to 1 min in.

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I made a video for the viper remote start I have on my FRS.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwyGxtswQlo"]Viper 5706v - Alarm/Remote Start - YouTube[/ame]

Our cars have a neutral safety switch that is a ground when the car is in neutral, and not when it's in gear. If your remote start has a ground while running wire, hook that up to wire for the neutral safety switch (I forget which one it is but I'll look it up if someone is interested) and when the car is in gear, the remote start will not start the car.

I have the AdvancedKeys system set up this way and if I put it in any gear, the car won't start. In neutral, and it remote starts.

Can you post a link to your system

Does your gear indicator still work after bypassing the neutral safety switch?

I think you misunderstand, you don't bypass it. It effectively is a ground when your car is in neutral. You connect it to your ground while running wire (or similar) on your remote starter. When you attempt to initiate the remote start, your remote starter turns on the ignition, checks to see if the ground while running wire is grounded. If your car is in neutral, the neutral safety switch grounds the ground while running wire and when the remote start sees that, it will start the car. If the car is in gear, the remote start will not see the ground and will not start the car. Of course, you need a remote start that has this function but I think most do. If not, you could always setup a relay that disconnects the remote starter from your starter wire when not receiving a ground from the neutral safety switch.

AdvancedKeys.com, I have the AK-105B installed in my car.

Don't worry about it man....my FR-S lives outside all year long. And it snows up here

If you're looking to warm the car, no point......if you're looking to warm the cabin for yourself, well :iono:

Ahh - gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.