Remote Start

[JohnC]

so has anyone put 2 and 2 together yet?

That remote start will turn ordinary cars into savage killing machines?

[CaptainHenreh]

[KPWSerpiente]

The reason I would disconnect the clutch safety switch is because it does nothing other than require you to place added pressure on the crankshaft when starting the car. If you're too dumb to remember whether or not you left your car in gear when starting it up....well maybe you shouldnt be driving. And anyone who runs a turbo timer is already used to leaving their car in nuetral.

-T

[ScottyB]

...place added pressure on the crankshaft...

i was going to say some wise-ass remark about crankwalk but i'm a nice guy 8)

[CaptainHenreh]

...place added pressure on the crankshaft...

i was going to say some wise-ass remark about crankwalk but i'm a nice guy 8)

Great minds think alike.

[ScottyB]

i'm so hijacking this thread, but anyway:

T's remark about added crank pressure on startup made me wonder. is it easier on an engine during the first, say, 20 seconds of startup to have the clutch pressed (as in, clutch disengaged) and the engine have to deal with added crank pressure, or is it easier for it to be started in neutral and deal with spinning up tranny gears that are essentially bathed in oatmeal-thick cold tranny fluid?

[Dave]

my thoughts were that if you are in neutral, the tranny is disengaged from the engine, and therefore the only additional thing rotating if the clutch pedal is out would be the clutch assembly. My impression was that in neutral, the tranny is pretty much a separate unit from the engine.

[ViPER1313]

my thoughts were that if you are in neutral, the tranny is disengaged from the engine, and therefore the only additional thing rotating if the clutch pedal is out would be the clutch assembly. My impression was that in neutral, the tranny is pretty much a separate unit from the engine.

Your thoughts are wrong :wink: . The only time the engine is disengaged from the tranny is when the clutch is pressed in - when it is out the gears are rotating inside the tranny, although not connected with each other while in neutral. I cant imagine why the pressure exerted by the TOB on the pressure plate would cause crank walk - if the crank can deal with the TOB slamming into the pressure plate during 7000rpm shifts I doubt a little pressure at startup would hurt it.

[ScottyB]

my thoughts were that if you are in neutral, the tranny is disengaged from the engine, and therefore the only additional thing rotating if the clutch pedal is out would be the clutch assembly. My impression was that in neutral, the tranny is pretty much a separate unit from the engine.

i thought if the clutch was engaged in neutral the imput shaft would spin in the tranny....that's what makes double clutching possible. i dunno?

[bluhayz]

Hmmm... so yes, it has been hijacked... Thank you Scotty! But this is cool stuff and I'm definetly interested.

[.RJ]

i thought if the clutch was engaged in neutral the imput shaft would spin in the tranny....

Yes. Put your car on jackstands, and run it, in neutral... the wheels will spin

[Dave]

I stand corrected and educated.

[white_2kgt]

i thought if the clutch was engaged in neutral the imput shaft would spin in the tranny....

Yes. Put your car on jackstands, and run it, in neutral... the wheels will spin

mine doesn't

--chad

[Mike]

i dont think mine does either, but i havent made it a point to find out. i remember maeng's car did and i thought it was odd because i dont think mine did.

[.RJ]

mine doesn't

Thats b/c your stick axle and heavy ass 17" reeeeumz are too dayum heavy