wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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I understand that a P75 with the s300 system can be used to activate VTEC using one of the alternative outputs (A15 ACC, A20 PCS, A12 FANC, A16 ALTC) and an added relay. I have a few questions that hopefully someone can help me answer:

1. Does anyone have a specific relay that would be good to use and where to purchase?
2. Does the VTEC oil pressure switch need to be wired at all or can it be left disconnected and disabled in SManager?
3. Can one of the outputs listed above, with a similar relay, also be used to control the IAB?

Considering my vehicle still has AC, which output(s) would be best to use to control VTEC and the IAB? A20 and A16? What are the implications of not using the A20 PCS and A16 ALTC for their original intended output of actuating the Purge Control and Alternator Control respectively?

Thank you.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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A standard relay that you find any just about any car audio/alarm shop will work.

You do not need the VTEC pressure switch if it is disabled.

If you look at the IAB settings on the VTEC tab of parameters you will see all the outputs you can use.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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Spunkster wrote:If you look at the IAB settings on the VTEC tab of parameters you will see all the outputs you can use.
Smanager lists more outputs than are indicated as available under the P75 ecu at this link, https://www.hondata.com/techvtecrelaydiagram.html .

Does this mean that the P75 does not have any real output on A10 or A17 and those are just listed for completeness because some other model ECUs do have the internal circuitry to use those output pins?

Thank you for the clarification.
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The options must be there for all ECUs. Some ECUs will not have the circuitry for these to work.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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Is a relay recommended/required when setting up IAB control? This is on an OBDI Prelude where ground(-) is the signal for actuating the IAB. In this case can a wire be directly run from the ECU to the ground wire of the plug on the IAB? Thank you.
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It says right in the parameters window you must use a relay for the IAB control using non-stock IAB output.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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Is the diagram in the attached image the correct way to setup wiring for the IAB solenoid?
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I don't understand the fuse and the + to ECU, but the rest should work.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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The connector to the IAB solenoid has 2 wires and according the Honda Service manual one is power (+) obtained from the ECU power circuit (which has a 15A fuse as apart of that circuit) while the other is a ground (-) normally modulated by the ECU.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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What will happen if you do not use a relay?
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you will damage the ECU.
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Re: wiring and relays for P75 to enable VTEC and IAB control

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Damge the entire ecu? Or just the components that control that output?
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You must use a relay period.
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