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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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push button ignition

yes i just keep coming with the questions!
I am putting in a push button ignition and wanted to know if anybody else has ever done this. I am MECP certified and have years of experience with this kind of stuff, but i have never done any actual work on this car. I can/will fiqure it out, but wondered if any of you guys had any ideas.
I am not worried about the actual push button start, my concern is with the ACC wiring. I want to eliminate the key switch all together and route it all to a single toggle switch. I know i can do it, i just dont know the amperage. can a single 30 amp relay and 30 amp switch do it? or do i need dual realys and dual switches?
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by justinmy300z
yes i just keep coming with the questions!
I am putting in a push button ignition and wanted to know if anybody else has ever done this. I am MECP certified and have years of experience with this kind of stuff, but i have never done any actual work on this car. I can/will fiqure it out, but wondered if any of you guys had any ideas.
I am not worried about the actual push button start, my concern is with the ACC wiring. I want to eliminate the key switch all together and route it all to a single toggle switch. I know i can do it, i just dont know the amperage. can a single 30 amp relay and 30 amp switch do it? or do i need dual realys and dual switches?
I (w/ the help of a friend) did this to a CRX I had, all we did was wire up a switch to the power lead on the ignition (the one that turns on the accessories)(the ignition was already removed, so it made it easy), and then wired up a push button to the starter to turn on the car. It worked great every time, I wish I could give you pictures, or a diagram or something, but that is all it really took and wasn't too difficult to do. Maybe someone else can get more indepth for our cars?
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 07:08 AM
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... what's the point?
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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It's a novelty...kind of like angel eyes.
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by nismo613
It's a novelty...kind of like angel eyes.
Heh heh heh...
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nismo613
It's a novelty...kind of like angel eyes.
ROFL! Have to admit...that was witty.
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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keys

ok, thanks. ya it wont be hard. I too said whats the point when i had to do it to customers cars...because you still had to put the keys in and turn the ignition on. With that said, i am doing it because my ignition is totally jacked up and the car can be started with any object that resembles a key. So, i will hide the ACC toggle switch and have the nifty "angle eyes" push button start..lol. I will hardly ever use it though because i put in an alarm w/remote start anyway.
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:45 PM
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It's a novelty...kind of like angel eyes.
... touche...
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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though i must say those look pretty sick.
Old Jan 27, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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I have been considerin doing it. Get a IGNITED DIN panel with the puch button hole already drilled. Move the factory cigerette lighter there. And get the NISMO ON/OFF switch lookin lighter to go in it. Then hide the started button where the cigerette lighter was.
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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eh, I say leave starter/ignition in plain sight and use a cutout switch for the fuel pump... that way if someone disables your security system, bypasses starter kill, and drives off they will only get a little ways down the road before it dies on em
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Aphrodite
eh, I say leave starter/ignition in plain sight and use a cutout switch for the fuel pump... that way if someone disables your security system, bypasses starter kill, and drives off they will only get a little ways down the road before it dies on em
actually, it'd only run for about a second... I doubt they'll get far on that (I had my fuel pump control unit die on me, and when I started the car, it started then almost instantly died and that was it)
Old Jan 29, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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I tried wiring up a started kill switch a few weeks ago but I m assuming that this setup just completes a ground circuit when the relay closes. I wired in the toggle switch with an indicator lamp that had a seperate grounding point. When the car sent the signal for the relay the light would turn off. But as soon as the car stopped sending a signal for the fuel pump. The indicator came back on and the fuel pump started back up and my car ran ritch. I thik it was grounding itself out.
Old Jan 29, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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that's because ure suppose to wire it up to the Relay box, (orange and white wire [Ignition coil] and run it to the cabin,) it;s quite simple but yet stupid.
Old Jan 29, 2006 | 03:06 PM
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Yeah i think that is the one I jumpered into. I m going to try it again soon. It s just not high on my priority list.
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