The key is still required to turn the ignition switch to run and crank.
Yeah, I know you still need the key for that... I meant electrically.
But if the VATS module doesn't see the right resistance (which is supposed to be measured from the key when you insert it) it wont enable the starter or injectors.
He said it was still starting the car with the wrong reading which was what I was curious about.
Putting in that resistor effectively turned his passkey into a normal key.
This doesn't make sense because he said he measured the resistance of the key and it was not zero, but close to what it was supposed to be. The key would still be part of the circuit if the circuit wasn't broken. Doesn't the key basically complete a circuit that has to have some known voltage drop to start the car? So if the key was being registered as resistance, adding the correct resistance being looked for, plus the key should disable the ignition since the additive would be more, and should have registered as out of range. It seems like the circuit to test was being bypassed, and now with the correct resistance added, it is being accepted. Seems like an open circuit allowed the car to run but had lights on, and Adam "closed" the circuit with the exact resistance, but since something broke in the real circuit the exact resistance is seen as correct since the other circuit is still broken open somewhere? Just seems weird that the open circuit would fail in a way to allow the car to start as opposed to failing and disabling the starter. This seems like it would mean if you could turn the ignition without the key, it would startsince the circuit would be "open" without the key to complete the circuit.