When you pop the hood you may notice some holes that are covered with a rubber cap near the master cylinder this will normally lead to the foot well and then just wire it up.
Look for some cables at the intake side of the engine on the firewall that may go into the cabin.
These are the wires from the engine bay that go into the firewall on my FK2, so it should be similar on your FD1
And you may not be activating the power VTEC lobes but the economy lobes.
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