Thread: do I have a remote start or what??

Originally Posted by pontiac88

Usually its on the driverside. If you look up from the floor you should see it. If you follow the wires that are spliced you should find the box. They normally dont try to hide it. Looking at your pics, are there wires spliced together? Kinda looks like the splice packs are there but are not putting two wires together.

exactly, i see those yellow splicers(?) but they're attached to only one wire each. i looked up, nothing.
previous owner removed it before selling it maybe??
i'm gonna try passenger side tonight.. i'll keep you updated.
thanks for your help!

If the yellow splice things only have 1 wire in them then its been removed.

no you dont have one in there anymore. The yellow ttaps are what some shops use to put one in half assed. They must of just cut the wire going out to the engine compartment.

Originally Posted by Street Dreams CC

no you dont have one in there anymore. The yellow ttaps are what some shops use to put one in half assed. They must of just cut the wire going out to the engine compartment.

half assed?

crap. Will that mean it'll be easier to install one then???

Half assed is using those T Taps you seen. The yellow ones. The red on smaller outputs like parking lights and brake switch isnt as bad.
All main power connections should be wire to wire. Dont believe me? Go to a ford Dealer that does them there and ask how they install them. Ask GM how they splice into wires. Every one will tell you wire to wire and solder. I dont solder them because customers want to reuse them a couple of times.
Here lets think of it in this way, you got say 10ga power wire and you want to hook up a 10ga power lead to it. You decide to do it quick and use T Taps. so you crimp on a flat blade connector to the wire you want to attach. Then you crimp the t tap which on a very thin piece of metal that puts mnor cuts on the sides of your insulation sometimes even cutting several strands cause it cant expand that much.
Then you plug the other thin flat blade into it. So your trying to pull 20-30amps through a thin metal piece that has 2 prongs (kinda like your dinner fork but only 2), touching the flat blade that goes to your other wire......
Faster install...........yes
Better install...........no
dependable.............at first maybe long term no


oh and yes it makes it alittle easier cause they maked the wires you would need to connect to. So you dont have to go searching for them.

Originally Posted by Street Dreams CC

So your trying to pull 20-30amps through a thin metal piece ...

I see your point. But does the remote start module require pulling 20-30 amps?
Sorry if it's a stupid question;

it only requires what the vehicle requires. A remote start is basicly doing what you would be doing sitting in the car. But only difference is instead of going through the ignition switch it is going through a box with relays. You got 1-2 power wires each has 30a fuse to the remote start. So it can draw 60 amps or alittle more.
Remember it has to power your blower motor for your heater, your ignition, your second ignition to run other needed computers, your parking lights and crank your starter. So if you car needs 35a to run all that then yes it will need to draw that through the power wires. If it only needs 15a to run all that then thats what its going to draw.

Originally Posted by Street Dreams CC

it only requires what the vehicle requires. A remote start is basicly doing what you would be doing sitting in the car. But only difference is instead of going through the ignition switch it is going through a box with relays. You got 1-2 power wires each has 30a fuse to the remote start. So it can draw 60 amps or alittle more.
Remember it has to power your blower motor for your heater, your ignition, your second ignition to run other needed computers, your parking lights and crank your starter. So if you car needs 35a to run all that then yes it will need to draw that through the power wires. If it only needs 15a to run all that then thats what its going to draw.

Got it! Thanks!
I bought viper 5701. planning to install soon.
I'll make sure I get all heavy wires not done T tap.

Thanks again!