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Old Sep 16, 2017 | 08:08 AM
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Old Sep 16, 2017 | 08:43 AM
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Nothing stock, probably amp or alarm
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Goes to coil 1 which I was having an issue with, misfire. Will continue tracing where the wire goes to.
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Old Sep 16, 2017 | 09:24 AM
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It goes somewhere beside the ecu,I'm taking off the trim.and seeing where the wire goes.
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looks like a coil pack plug and they tapped into the firing wire. Probably used for the nitrous RPM window switch or similar device.
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looks like a coil pack plug and they tapped into the firing wire. Probably used for the nitrous RPM window switch or similar device.
Whats a nitrous rpm window switch
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Old Sep 16, 2017 | 09:57 AM
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So this is why there is a rat's nest of wires underneath my dash.
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remote car start or immobilizer system.

whoever installed it didnt know what they were doing. That wire goes under the dash, no need to run it all the way to the coil pack.

Nitrous window switch uses engine rpm to determine when to spray or not.
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http://compustar.idatalink.com/produ.../product_id/93


I would start tearing it all out
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