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You have to get a small wire. Go under the plastic under the steering wheel and put the wire where the 2 big black wires are to bypass them
This would bypass the EWS internal relay. The relay is needed to reduce the current in the ignition switch contact. So shorting out pin1 to pin2 will burn out the switch contact soon.
The correct way to bypass the EWS is to take out the board, then modify the traces to the relay to have pin2 energize the relay and the relay provide 12v to pin1 to run the starter.
 

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With an EWS delete you need to bypass the connector as well for power to go from ignition to the starter. Take the two thick wires for the EWS connector (1 and 2) and splice em together so 12v goes from the ignition switch to the DME to the starter.
Bypass the EWS internal relay will lead to damaged ignition switch contacts soon. The ignition contact should not drive the starter solenoid directly. Should add a relay to the wire.
 

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There is a relay on the EWS board to reduce the current load on the ignition sw contact. You know the function of the relay is to reduce the control input current, which is the ignition sw contacts in this case. I would just add a generic relay near the EWS for this purpose. A relay should have 12v pin, input pin to EWS pin2, and output to EWS pin1 to the starter.
 
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