Thread: Push Button Start 50$ for a unique mod

I've thought about all this before. I see it being possible to make it work how newer cars work, but being a lot of work. Requiring chips and sensors for a key/keyfob, locking out grinding the starter, and also making the button turn the car off, or into strictly auxiliary. Making it even more difficult for myself would be how it would interact with my remote start. Would pressing the button turn the car off, do nothing, or work as intended? And if it doesn't work, how would one make it work?

So many possibilities.

And **** if you go through all that trouble you may as well give the car range-sensitive door locks. If you get close, unlocked, if you get far enough away, locked... again, like a new car.

Originally Posted by SeanGTP

I've thought about all this before. I see it being possible to make it work how newer cars work, but being a lot of work. Requiring chips and sensors for a key/keyfob, locking out grinding the starter, and also making the button turn the car off, or into strictly auxiliary. Making it even more difficult for myself would be how it would interact with my remote start. Would pressing the button turn the car off, do nothing, or work as intended? And if it doesn't work, how would one make it work?

So many possibilities.

And **** if you go through all that trouble you may as well give the car range-sensitive door locks. If you get close, unlocked, if you get far enough away, locked... again, like a new car.

Actually I got the idea from my remote start when I installed it, and the way I'm designing it is to actually emulate a remote start system (it's being designed with remote start in mind). The system will have an input detecting if the car is running, and if so it will cut power to the ignition line and send a pulse to the brake pedal sense line which will shut off any remote start system (provided the system is properly installed).

Also, I suppose I can program in some unlock code for when you approach the car since there will be a few extra relays open. Of course this will be a configurable option if I do decide to include it because I'm not a fan of the auto lock/unlock. Actually, theoretically speaking I could make an entire remote start / alarm system to go with this too, but that would be a little much imo.