96 Chevy Pickup alarm/remote start

5 wire (type C) on the two door models, and positive trigger (type A) on the four door and keyless entry models. If your truck has no keyless entry and is a 2 door truck, you will need to grab the wires at the driver's door boot and make your connections there. To ensure that you have a 5 wire system, find the WHITE or BLUE wire at the door boot wires and cut one of them in half ( don't worry cause your going to have to cut it anyways if this is a type C system ). When you do this try and toggle your lock and unlock switch, if BOTH functions cease to operate, then you have a 5 wire system. If only one stops working and the other continues, then you have a Type A system. Both systems you will need to wire in realys. Here is the Type C ( 5 wire ) relay configuration: http://www.velocitymotorsport.com/images/install_notes/C.jpgJeff

Velocity Custom Home Theater

Mobile Audio/Video Specialist

Morden, Manitoba CANADA

DO Compustar remote starts come with the relays or do you need to buy them. SO If I understand correctly one relay for locking and one relay for unlocking on the 5 wire system which I probably have because I have a 2 door no keyless entry?

The truck will be one or the other for door lock types. I never trust anything as far as wiring schematics tell me and I ALWAYS check to ensure proper wiring incase one or all the wiring programs that I have is wrong. Compustar systems require additinal relays for the 5 wire systems. Almost 80 + % of all manufacturer's require external relays for this type of door lock system. You will require two relays for the truck and yes you are correct in your last post.Jeff

Velocity Custom Home Theater

Mobile Audio/Video Specialist

Morden, Manitoba CANADA

What are the best relays to get and what type are they? Can I go down to my local electrical contractor and get them?

What is the tach wire used for in a remote starter and does a 96 chevy need one or can it go tachless?

If you're talking about a truck, it's white in a white plug at the ecm on the driver's side inner fender well.~mtm

Yes shyman, you will need to hook up the tach input wire of your remote starter to a clean tach signal in your pickup. The remote starter senses the engine starting by ignition tach signal, this prevents your remote starter from overcranking the engine.