How To install a turbo timer WITH your alarm, mystery solved, and its really easy! Options

[lagos]

i just installed my turbo timer, and made it work along with my alarm. its so easy, that i cant belive some of us every thought of this as a problem.

first of all, there IS a turbo timer harness that works with our car! any harness labled to work with a 93-96 supra will work with our car. i used a blitz turbo timer, and this is the harness i got. if you want to doubble check if your are buying the right one (if going with another brand TT) just google something like "apexi turbo timer harness ST205 " and use the part number they give you for that harness. this is the one i used:

TY-04 = BLITZ TURBO TIMER HARNESS - 51153


now for the "hard" part of making it work with your alarm. normally your alarm box connects to 2 wires from your igniton. located the point where it was spliced into your ignition wires. there should be a black Ignition wire its spliced into. disconnect the alarm wire that runs to it. this will make the alarm think that the car is NOT running, and allow you to arm the alarm system at any time. THATS IT. now you can take you keys out, get out of the car, arm the alarm, and walk away, while the turbo timer counts down on its own and keeps the engine running.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 20, 2006 - 3:21 PM

[lagos]

just to add somthing into this:
while researching about turbo timers and the install before doing my project, i came across a function in my alarm booklet, where you can "delay" the arming of the alarm by a preset amount that you choose (30sec, 1 min ect) after you push the arm button.
i had planed to adjust the setting on my alarm to arm after a minute or so, and id be able to shut the car off, gather my stuff, get out, alarm the car, and have the TT cycle off before the car actually armed itself.
i never installed the TT, so im not 100% positive it would work correctly, but in theory, it should.

the only downside i see to this, is that the alarm would wait 30sec-1min, etc... before it starts to protect your car and lock all the doors. so, you would have to check to see if your doors will lock when you press the remote button, while the car is running.