Immobiliser ideas

[EddyP]

Which ECU are you using?

How about a valve and T piece on the fuel line that when open allows the fuel to just recirc down the return line and not actually make any pressure in the fuel rail?

 

[awemawson]

Years gone by you'd just have to remove the rotor arm from the distributor ..... and we've progressed

 

[Am333rcr]

Hi

This is a good thread I am looking for a immobiliser or tracker.

I have a series land rover but it's pretty vulnerable where it sits at the moment. Ie visible to every one at the top of garden.

It could get pushed down drive or there is a back enterance that's all be it harder to get out. It's would be a quite push then down hill.

 

[Shox Dr]

I've come to the conclusion that if they want it, they will take it.
Best bet is to make it as tedious, time consuming, and as noisy as possible.

Unfortunately I'm unwilling to discuss any tactics on an open forum.
As they say; Little pigs have big ears

 

[Robotstar5]

Years gone by you'd just have to remove the rotor arm from the distributor ..... and we've progressed

I remember my dad doing that if he had to leave the car in a "dubious" area.

 

[123hotchef]

steering wheel locks on all my vechiles

 

[optima21]

my car was once impounded by the police when I wasnt there (aparently the handbrake failed and was rolling down a hill). I guess if you look legit loading it onto a low loader etc, no-one will bat an eyelid. if people want to take it, they will. hidden switches might work well, but by the time they have broken into your car,the damage has already been done,and you'll need to fix that.

 

[wookie]

Years gone by you'd just have to remove the rotor arm from the distributor ..... and we've progressed

I remember my dad doing that if he had to leave the car in a "dubious" area.

Legend has it that was a common practice during WW2 to stop vehicles being taken, apparently then some clever types would carry their own rotor arms so they could still take any vehicle they liked.

 

[jsf55]

First post If your running after market fuel injection, you should be running an inertia switch in case of an accident, it will cut the power to the fuel pump relay. Always a good place to put a cut out switch

 

[dannyp]

First post If your running after market fuel injection, you should be running an inertia switch in case of an accident, it will cut the power to the fuel pump relay. Always a good place to put a cut out switch

no nasty inertia switches, i find i have a diffrent definition of accident to them when playing motorsport.

 

[Bill Edwards]

Trackers seem to be the way forward these days. Yes making them harder to take is very worthwhile but a well hidden tracker means that you should have a very strong chance of finding it.

no nasty inertia switches, i find i have a diffrent definition of accident to them when playing motorsport.

 

[wookie]

I've heard that the standard way to deal with trackers is the vehicle is quickly loaded into a shipping container which blocks the signal until the scrotes can find it and disable it.

 

[123hotchef]

me too

 

[brightspark]

very handy providing u have a container near by and the car hasn't already being tracked before they get there

 

[Bill Edwards]

Sometimes/often they are simply parked close by for a couple of days. The thieves then return and if the vehicle hasn't been recovered it's assumed to have no tracker and taken away.

A good tracker should be able to show its last location, so provided it's followed up quickly there's a reasonable chance that it'll be found.

Of course, the biggest problem many encounter when it comes to stolen vehicles is the lack of effort applied by the police.

 

[brightspark]

Sometimes/often they are simply parked close by for a couple of days. The thieves then return and if the vehicle hasn't been recovered it's assumed to have no tracker and taken away.

A good tracker should be able to show its last location, so provided it's followed up quickly there's a reasonable chance that it'll be found.

Of course, the biggest problem many encounter when it comes to stolen vehicles is the lack of effort applied by the police.

and couldn't give a monkeys and just give u a crime number

 

[brightspark]

a sign

These trackers are all well and good and show you where the car has gone - but unless you're prepared to go a-hunting yourself it's not much good.

A friend of mine had a motorbike stolen from his shed, it took the police 3 days to get around to the job of visiting to gather evidence.

After that, they were shown a video on Facebook of someone riding the bike in a location that could be easily identified - apparently that didn't give them enough 'cause' to go and look for it.

Unless you run a security van business I think trackers are little more than academic interest - "oh, look where my car is now".

makes me laugh on security vans .a sign says police follow this van as iff

 

[wookie]

I remember reading about one case where the police had got a tip off so they raided the premises and inside the buildings they found multiple shipping containers with exotic cars inside so the trackers couldn't broadcast their location. Bearing in mind these were expensive cars the only reason they were found was due to a snitch rather than any of the security in the cars.

 

[Bill Edwards]

These trackers are all well and good and show you where the car has gone - but unless you're prepared to go a-hunting yourself it's not much good.

A friend of mine had a motorbike stolen from his shed, it took the police 3 days to get around to the job of visiting to gather evidence.

After that, they were shown a video on Facebook of someone riding the bike in a location that could be easily identified - apparently that didn't give them enough 'cause' to go and look for it.

Unless you run a security van business I think trackers are little more than academic interest - "oh, look where my car is now".

You cannot rely on the police to do anything if you're the victim of a crime, but you can expect them to do naff all.
But going to where a tracker tells you your vehicle is ain't that hard (though you may need transport!) and that's a damn good step, the exact circumstances may then effect exactly what you do.

 

[dannyp]

i recon about 100 milk cartons full of oxy propane and a spark might do something