Push Button Starter anyone?
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I work on race cars. They all use a push button starter and one or more toggle switches.
Directions: You need a Vette wiring diagram for your year model with wiring color codes. You would put a toggle on ignition power and push botton on the starter sel.
Or just get under the hood and cut and paste the posi. to both
Directions: You need a Vette wiring diagram for your year model with wiring color codes. You would put a toggle on ignition power and push botton on the starter sel.
Or just get under the hood and cut and paste the posi. to both
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Permanent, not caring about cutting original harness or something less permanent and reversible ?
The S terminal on the starter solenoid is the key,the S terminal just needs 12v via your push-button to fire the starter. 12 gauge wire and a good button is a must.
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I used to have a tunnel rammed street rod. It had a whole panel of switches and a start push button. You had an order to turn them on. Like fuel pump on, power to coil and MSD ignition, switch on ignition retard for starting, push the starter and fire it up. When it was up and runing turn off ignition retard, as the temp came up turn on the electric water pump, as temp came up during driving... turn on the raidiator electric fan
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......switches and buttons here.but not in my Vettes
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This is something that I've been wondering as well.
Sounds simple enough - is there a way to wire it up where you still have to have a key in the ignition for security reasons? (street driven vehicle)
I work on race cars. They all use a push button starter and one or more toggle switches.
Directions: You need a Vette wiring diagram for your year model with wiring color codes. You would put a toggle on ignition power and push botton on the starter sel.
Or just get under the hood and cut and paste the posi. to both
Directions: You need a Vette wiring diagram for your year model with wiring color codes. You would put a toggle on ignition power and push botton on the starter sel.
Or just get under the hood and cut and paste the posi. to both
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well the ignition key will give power to let the car run....the push button just energizes the starter and maybe a non ballast circuit to the coil if its non hei...
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In my street rod I had a removable steering wheel. So when I went to events I always took my steering wheel with me
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I have always wondered that myself, seems like a step backwards.
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It would drive me nuts
It's a lot funnier when told with a thick Irish accent
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