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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 09:37 PM
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Disabling a rex

Is there any part i can easily take out of the engine bay that will disable an rx7 so it cant be stolen? On other cars you can just pop off the distributer cap, but on a rotary...?
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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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Erm battery? Pull some fuses?

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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 10:50 PM
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almost anything electrical having to do with the engine...main relay, EGI or main fuses from fusebox, ENGINE fuse from internal fusebox, tons of stuff.
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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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Put in a blown fuse in place of the good one...that way if a thief checks the fuses for empty places he will most likely pass....
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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 11:50 PM
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you could take off the fuel rail lol... that would really disable it....

disconnect the ignitors powering the coils

unplug the magnetic rotor position sensor...

unplug the fuel pump wires in the back left speaker post

if u really want to do the job u could drop the throttle cable from the throttle body... would prevent acceleration

unplug the ecu in the car.
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Old Sep 11, 2004 | 11:57 PM
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get an SAFC and keep it with you when you're not in your car.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:09 AM
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if it's a manual there is a little plug under the dash, not exactly easy to get to, but yeah check it out, it's a green lttle hook shaped plug that connects 2 wires. i took it out just for ***** one time and she wouldn't start without it. and it only took me about 5 seconds to put it back in. Easy as pie.
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 01:25 AM
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i think that you could put one of those tire boot things and then they wouldn't even beable to steal it. lol. maybe just an alarm system
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 03:05 AM
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What level of "Keep it safe" are you looking at here?

A simple fuel cutoff switch (hidden) should keep most people from screwing with it. If someone really wants the car, there's nothing you can do that will prevent them from taking it.

-=Russ=-
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Syonyk
What level of "Keep it safe" are you looking at here?

A simple fuel cutoff switch (hidden) should keep most people from screwing with it. If someone really wants the car, there's nothing you can do that will prevent them from taking it.

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I was going to say the same....or a BAtt. cut off......ignition disableing, like when the clutch is not depressed...
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 04:22 AM
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take the motor out...J/K...liek they said...remove the egi fuse
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