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Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:06 pm

piledriver wrote: You discard it out of hand because you read about it, its theoretically not perfect so must be rubbish.

Not at all. It's formal qualifications and 30+ years of experience that guide me. But what do I know? If you are ignoring what the spec sheet tells you as you know better. There will be nothing that I can tell you that will change that.

I am truly sorry I tried to help you. I now remember why I generally don't bother to help people on the internet.

Thanks for the reminder.

Merry Christmas.

Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:23 pm

Good for you,bud.
What are you selling?

Your awesome level engineering help was not requested, nor was any provided other than "that can't work" based on reading a tech note.

I didnt think it would work great either, but invested 30 minutes of my time and a few bucks at digikey and ebay and tried it anyway.

The setup has been working perfectly for over 10 years on a daily driver, 80 mile commute 3 or 4 days a week.

What do you suggest to be a superior setup that can be entirely DIY and costs less than $25 US, (diy sensor module +wheel) plus a distributor body that ~everybody on this forum probably has several of?

Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:22 am

I'm not selling anything.

Was honestly just trying to be helpful.

Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:00 am

Late addition to an old thread:

If people want to stick with a carb and don't want to shell out for an expensive distributor, there is a device called a "Nodiz"
https://danstengineering.co.uk/Nodiz-Pro-Ignition-ECU-Gen-2 that will take a trigger signal and fire a wasted spark coil pack. It comes with software for a fully customizable 2D timing map and rev limiter.

Cheapest route (as far as I know) is a Mazda Miata coil pack, Mazda Protege timing wheel, Audi VR sensor(knock-off).

I didn't read through the entire thread, but the timing wheel proposed near the beginning would be ideal. Having said that, adapting the Mazda wheel (cheaper) would not require too much work to get on the front of the engine.

I'm not sure this all adds up to less than a good distributor though ;)
FWIW