well the first thing you need to realize is no car is worth your life, but its stupid to make stealing your car easy, so Id suggest a few deterrents
always installing a steering wheel lock if you exit the car, park in a locked garage with an alarm if possible,in a fenced yard with several dogs,park other cars to make moving your vette a P.I.T.A. at night...
Ive got multi layered triple redundant alarms..., but you don,t need to go that far,at a minimum you need to lock your car and use some deterrents ,motion sensors and lights that activate with motion, beepers in the house that tell you when doors are opened, or some method of detering theft, alarm stickers might help but don,t tell them the correct brand or type as it makes disabling it easier
heres a few tips
http://www.2sportscars.com/prevent-car-theft.shtml
http://www.crimedoctor.com/autotheft1.htm
http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/security.html
http://www.insurance.com/quotes/article.aspx/Top_10_Ways_To_Prevent_Auto_Theft/artid/150
http://lojack.com/ comes instantly to mind
http://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=3985
one example, but theres better choices, (electric fuel pump wired to this power supply) so the car can drive off but not get far leaving you time to call the cops
if you normally carry concealed KNOW your rights! you don,t want to spend years in jail for shooting some slimeball stealing your car.
IN FLORIDA its LEGAL too shoot car jackers,caught in the act of armed car jacking, in CALIF Id doubt thats true given the liberals in the government, but in any case ID carry a cell phone and report the theft instantly as they drove off even if they did get the car.
personally ID run a 10 ga copper wire along the frame and connect it to a dimmer switch I installed under the carpet, up out of the way but accessible with your toe (if you know where to push) so stepping on it would start and stop it providing power to the pump,so it will give you a bit of extra security in that you can make it far more difficult to steal your car, and its not obvious that you are turning on/off the fuel pump
obviously you can get the factory shop manual and make the connections just like the factory pump if you choose too, so the pump comes on when the keys used to start the car,having a lead that only goes hot once the ignitions on, is a better option for most guys so its best to connect to a power lead supply that only goes hot once the ignitions on and remember to push the button to activate the pump, or de activate it as you, enter or exit the car, but either way the cars fuel pump will not run when the keys off, if you get absent minded, and you have the option of de-activating the pump if you park the car for extra security,
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRF-80150/Application/?prefilter=0
yes you could connect the feed directly to the battery but youll need to REMEMBER to start and stop the pump circuit or you'll run the battery dead, or the car won,t start until you remember to turn on the pump IF you turned it off,when you exited the car but having a hidden switch , makes it so you can park the car, and anyone even if they take your keys in a car jacking wont get all that far, PROVIDED you make it a habit to touch the switch as you exit the car (just an option)
(having a small light on the dash under the fuel pressure gauge that indicating power to the pump wired into the circuit helps, you remember to turn on the pump)
always installing a steering wheel lock if you exit the car, park in a locked garage with an alarm if possible,in a fenced yard with several dogs,park other cars to make moving your vette a P.I.T.A. at night...
Ive got multi layered triple redundant alarms..., but you don,t need to go that far,at a minimum you need to lock your car and use some deterrents ,motion sensors and lights that activate with motion, beepers in the house that tell you when doors are opened, or some method of detering theft, alarm stickers might help but don,t tell them the correct brand or type as it makes disabling it easier
heres a few tips
http://www.2sportscars.com/prevent-car-theft.shtml
http://www.crimedoctor.com/autotheft1.htm
http://www.cadvision.com/blanchas/54pontiac/security.html
http://www.insurance.com/quotes/article.aspx/Top_10_Ways_To_Prevent_Auto_Theft/artid/150
http://lojack.com/ comes instantly to mind
http://www.jab-tech.com/product.php?productid=3985
one example, but theres better choices, (electric fuel pump wired to this power supply) so the car can drive off but not get far leaving you time to call the cops
if you normally carry concealed KNOW your rights! you don,t want to spend years in jail for shooting some slimeball stealing your car.
IN FLORIDA its LEGAL too shoot car jackers,caught in the act of armed car jacking, in CALIF Id doubt thats true given the liberals in the government, but in any case ID carry a cell phone and report the theft instantly as they drove off even if they did get the car.
personally ID run a 10 ga copper wire along the frame and connect it to a dimmer switch I installed under the carpet, up out of the way but accessible with your toe (if you know where to push) so stepping on it would start and stop it providing power to the pump,so it will give you a bit of extra security in that you can make it far more difficult to steal your car, and its not obvious that you are turning on/off the fuel pump
obviously you can get the factory shop manual and make the connections just like the factory pump if you choose too, so the pump comes on when the keys used to start the car,having a lead that only goes hot once the ignitions on, is a better option for most guys so its best to connect to a power lead supply that only goes hot once the ignitions on and remember to push the button to activate the pump, or de activate it as you, enter or exit the car, but either way the cars fuel pump will not run when the keys off, if you get absent minded, and you have the option of de-activating the pump if you park the car for extra security,
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRF-80150/Application/?prefilter=0
yes you could connect the feed directly to the battery but youll need to REMEMBER to start and stop the pump circuit or you'll run the battery dead, or the car won,t start until you remember to turn on the pump IF you turned it off,when you exited the car but having a hidden switch , makes it so you can park the car, and anyone even if they take your keys in a car jacking wont get all that far, PROVIDED you make it a habit to touch the switch as you exit the car (just an option)
(having a small light on the dash under the fuel pressure gauge that indicating power to the pump wired into the circuit helps, you remember to turn on the pump)