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FiTech Go Street EFI power

Northwest69EB

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Hello all, I am new here and I was hoping someone could tell me what and where they hooked up their FiTech systems white "KEY" wire to? I know it needs ignition "on" and ignition "start/crank" power but I am not to familiar with the electrical schematics of my 1969 bronco.
 

DirtDonk

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If your existing switch is still functioning properly (they do get old unfortunately) then the most obvious under-hood wires will be the Green w/red stripe (voltage regulator) and Red w/green stripe (ignition coil positive) for power in RUN and START.
However, the ignition coil wire is the end of a resistor wire, so will gradually keep heating up until the resistance lowers the working voltage to about 8-9 volts. If the FiTech can work with this, then you're good.
Personally though, I don't like using the ignition circuit just in case your equipment might take away some available current and lower the performance of the ignition system.

So my typical go-to is the Green w/red of the voltage regulator.

I don't think they had them in '69, but some years had a carb-mounted anti-dieseling solenoid that had power with the key in RUN. Pretty sure it was not powered during START, but not 100% sure about that.
In a pinch, you can also take power in START from the small terminal on the right hand side of the fender mounted starter relay/solenoid where the small Brown wire connects. It's powered by the battery just during START so can act as a backup in case either your ignition switch is failing, or you can't find a really good source for your White FiTech wire.

Not sure where members here are actually connecting theirs to. I don't run one, but those are the typically available circuits under the hood.
You could always create your own too, by splicing into that connector or wire at the back of the switch itself. It's the one with the two Green wires on a common connector.

Good luck.

Paul
 

bteutsch

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I ran a wire from the red/green wire at the ignition switch to a relay I put near my voltage regulator on the passenger side inner fender, kind of hidden by the battery. Hooked the white wire to the relay. I ran a relay, because I didn't know if the white wire would pull too much through the ignition switch.
 

rnrmp

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You can also run a fused line from the battery and have a hidden kill switch for anti theft.
 
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Northwest69EB

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I checked the ignition green/red voltage regulator wire last night and it has ignition "on and "crank/start" power so I chose to unpin that wire from the connector cut the terminal off then re-terminate a new one with the green/red and white "key" wire. After putting it all back together the system cold starts&runs great. I will put some miles on the truck tonight and post my results.
 
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Northwest69EB

Northwest69EB

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Finished running the power to the "key" wire via red/green ignition wire C/t the voltage regulator and loose routed the wire bundles. Fitech system fired the truck right up and settled at 750RPM idle shortly. I drove the truck 30-miles with flawless operations so I pulled it back into the garage and perm-routed and covered the wires. thank you for the help everyone! ;D
 
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