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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 3fingas
I use a relay cause I'm not pushing 20 a through a toggle. As far as slowing reaction time. You tell me how much it's slowed. Lol
You use a toggle switch for your Trans brake? Really? You must run off a 4 tenths pro tree.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
You use a toggle switch for your Trans brake? Really? You must run off a 4 tenths pro tree.
No that's not what I said.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 01:37 PM
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What does a toggle switch have to do with your Trans brake?
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 05:50 PM
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No, thats exactly what you said.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 01:51 AM
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Well it was working all nite,hope it stays that way. First time on 1/4 track and ran a best 10.6@127. Consistent but couldn't get lower
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Congrats! 10.6 first passes, that's flying!
I didn't get a chance to ohm mine out last night, but will today and let you know.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 05:06 PM
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YES, your TB will ohm out to ground, when the button is not pressed.
Sounds like your O.K.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by RENE'S RAGE
YES, your TB will ohm out to ground, when the button is not pressed. Sounds like your O.K.
Thank you for checking that, and thanks to all the others that chimed in.
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
What does a toggle switch have to do with your Trans brake?
Switch gets the brake button hot.

Originally Posted by subhumanzz
No, thats exactly what you said.
Stupid. LOL
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 09:18 AM
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OP glad you got it figured out.
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 3fingas
Switch gets the brake button hot.
Good grief. LOL

I have a friend like that. About three times the switches and LEDs as other guy's race cars. Just more things that could fail.

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Old Oct 28, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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So you are arming the transbrake and then using the button?
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Old Oct 28, 2013 | 07:39 PM
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One more switch and one more relay to fail. Use the KISS logic.
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Old Nov 1, 2013 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by subhumanzz
So you are arming the transbrake Button and then using the button to power the brake, 2step and nitrous controller?
Fixed!

Originally Posted by Ed Wright
One more switch and one more relay to fail. Use the KISS logic.
Yeah, you tell this logic to spaghetti menders, Speedwire, Leash and a slew of others. Should go over well.
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Old Nov 1, 2013 | 09:30 AM
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Never heard of them.
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 10:15 PM
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Ok I know this is a little bet of a old thread and I have a kinda stupid question about this.

On my msd 2 step it can be wired for power or ground to activate it.

Witch way would be better? To run it on power side to the button and the brake then just ground the the brake? Or the other way around. It says on the paper not to use both wires going to the two step just one or the other.
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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 08:01 AM
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I haven't wired my TB and 2 step yet.
But I'm going to use a relay to activate both at the same time.
I don't like the small wires on my shifter button to carry the load of the TB. The 2 step, no big deal.
I'm going to break the hot wire to the TB through the relay and just ground the ground wire of the TB. I'll also put the 2 step on the TB wire also. And tape off the ground wire on the 2 step.
The 2 wires on the shifter button will be a hot from the fuse box and a return to the coil on the relay. Then just ground the other side of the coil on the relay.

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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
One wire from the button to 12 volts. Other wire from the button goes to the power wire on the Trans brake solenoid. Other wire on the Trans brake solenoid goes to ground. The wire from the button to the solenoid also goes, if you have a 2 step, to the 2 step terminal on your MSD box. It's only on while the Trans brake button is pressed. Simple.
I'm not sure what's a better way but this is how I ended up wiring mine and is still working. It was just more convenient for me that way. Granted I'm only on the button for reverse and then when at the light staged.
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Originally Posted by ls86swb
Ok I know this is a little bet of a old thread and I have a kinda stupid question about this.

On my msd 2 step it can be wired for power or ground to activate it.

Witch way would be better? To run it on power side to the button and the brake then just ground the the brake? Or the other way around. It says on the paper not to use both wires going to the two step just one or the other.
OK I 'll keep it simple.
Put your 2 step power wire and TB wire on the same side of the button.
Do not use your ground wire on your 2 step.
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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 10:22 PM
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Going to bump this up as I'm getting my 2-step tomorrow and need to wire it to my trans brake as well. I have a cheetah shifter and the brake is wired to the shifter button and now need to tie the 2-step into that same button. Bump for you guys who have tested this out for a while.
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