I'd still have a problem with VATS itself, but if I understand correctly, VATS wouldn't be able to do anything at this point.
I believe (and I could be wrong) that the only three things that VATS does is disable the starter (bypassed by jumpering the relay), disable fuel (bypassed by the module mentioned above which sends a 50 hz signal to the ECM telling it to send fuel), and turn on the security light (which I don't really care about).
I was basing this on
this post by Marc H. However, instead of changing the chip to disable the fuel portion, I was planning to use the bypass module, simply because it's available for $15.00.
I guess I'm just looking for some confirmation that I'm not missing something.
Thanks again for your help.