- Mon May 31, 2021 4:06 pm
#50721
Got the crank trigger wheel and sensor mounted up this weekend. It required a little bit of custom fabrication with the grinder, but overall everything went pretty smoothly. The hardest part was removing the mechanical fan, which resulted in me boogering up the water pulley bolts.
I definitely had to remove my fan and fan shroud, but after those were out of the way I had tons of room. Also, I didn't need to drain the oil or coolant as the timing cover bolts didn't protrude into the water jacket or oil passages. Also, I did not need to use longer bolts on the crank pulley once the trigger wheel was installed. There were enough threads on the stock bolts.
I ended up with about a 1mm gap between the wheel and the sensor. I haven't been able to test if everything is working because I need to get new water pump pulley bolts.
With the engine at TDC, there are 17 teeth between the sensor and the gap (36-1 wheel) so I'm setting my base timing at 170 deg ATDC.
This was a big step, as everything else needed for Speeduino is just wiring everything up and building out the relay/fuse board. Oh, and I need to weld the bung in for my o2 sensor, but that won't be a major undertaking.
I definitely had to remove my fan and fan shroud, but after those were out of the way I had tons of room. Also, I didn't need to drain the oil or coolant as the timing cover bolts didn't protrude into the water jacket or oil passages. Also, I did not need to use longer bolts on the crank pulley once the trigger wheel was installed. There were enough threads on the stock bolts.
I ended up with about a 1mm gap between the wheel and the sensor. I haven't been able to test if everything is working because I need to get new water pump pulley bolts.
With the engine at TDC, there are 17 teeth between the sensor and the gap (36-1 wheel) so I'm setting my base timing at 170 deg ATDC.
This was a big step, as everything else needed for Speeduino is just wiring everything up and building out the relay/fuse board. Oh, and I need to weld the bung in for my o2 sensor, but that won't be a major undertaking.