Turbo Timers That Work With Viper Alarm Systems

[Mushroom]

Hey Guys,

I am looking at getting a new viper alarm installed in the new year but also want a turbo timer that will work with it. I want to be able to give the installer everything so he doesn't have to wait for anything.

I am partial to the HKS range of turbo timers only because I have had one previously but can anyone tell me what ones I can look at that will intergrate properly.

Cheers

[Chris Rogers]

troy,

in short none of them do. adding one to a DEI unit is a major pain. especially if its going on your purple thing

flick me a PM and I'll explain.

[JDMPWR]

Hey mate,

i actually sell vipers and as the previous person said. it's a pain which is true. it's actually advised that you dont add an aftermarket turbo timer to your viper and just use their inbuilt turbo timer. less headaches.. does exactly the same thing. you can adjust it in 5second increments if i remeber right.

[fmlycar]

Here's how I fixed this issue:

The guys that installed my alarm told me that the yellow wire on the (viper) alarm harness was what sensed if the engine was running or not. They suggested to cut this wire, but after I did, the alarm thought the engine was never on, so it would start arming while I was driving. Obviously this wasn't a practical solution... So I busted out my voltmeter. What I found was that the yellow wire has 14V running through it when the engine is on, and 0 when the engine is off. I needed to find something that was 14V when the engine is on, and 0 when the key is removed and hook that up to the yellow wire input of the alarm. I tested the wires in the TT harness, but they didn't change when the key was removed, only when the engine turned off. Then somehow my eyes rested on the parking brake wire...

Testing showed that the parking brake wire was 0 when it was pulled up, and 14V when it was released. If I hooked that up to the yellow wire of the alarm, when the parking brake was pulled, the alarm would think the engine had been turned off, and would activate as soon as you opened and closed the doors (I have auto-lock and auto-activate on).

So I ran a wire from the gray wire of the parking brake sensor to the yellow input of the alarm, and it works perfectly, assuming of course that you pull the hand brake every time you get out of your car... The best thing was that the wires I tapped into were in the alarm harness and the TT harness so I didn't have to touch any factory wiring...

Hope this helps...

[Chris Rogers]

thats fine. what happens if you have a 3pt item that drops everything after 30 sec when you switch the IGN off??