Chris83zxt Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) The DIY trigger wheel on an 82/83 turbo dizzy is sufficient to run a full sequential setup, correct? No external cam sensor required? Thanks. Edited July 31, 2013 by Chris83zxt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Austin Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 That is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris83zxt Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 That is correct. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkster Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 So opening an old post on Sequential... I have a crank trigger wheel but everything I have been reading seems to be pointing me to having a cam sensor of some type. I have a friend that gave me an old VR dizzy. Will this be a problem to make it the cam sensor? I know I will have to lock out the vacuum adjustment to make sure that the dizzy does not try and advance or retard the ignition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstonusmc Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) It will only work as the cam sensor if it has one trigger. I would assume it has six to fire each plug, which would give no reference in cam phase. I am not familiar enough with the VR distributer, but maybe you could alter the triggers inside to give you one trigger. Edited February 25, 2014 by winstonusmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I like what this guy did for his BMW, the entire build is pretty interesting to read. http://77e21.info/mscampossensor.htm As for the VR distributor route, I had considered that too. If you ground off 5 of the nubs, it would work. As for which one to keep, there's a specific angle you want to shoot for that I can't think off the top of my head (it's in the MS3 docs). The distributor isn't ideal for various reasons like shaft play, possibility of breaking the pin, etc, but it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I like the link Metro put up. I was considering doing the same thing but wasn't sure how I was going to trigger the hall sensor. The tab would work well! I would prefer to do something off of the dizzy shaft just because it would be out of sight , but the hall sensors are small enough it wouldn't matter. I went this route for my crank sensor, but haven't got my MS up and running yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkster Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thanks for the input guys... Talked to DIYAutoTune. They were telling me that the VR would not work (too many triggers). Fortunately I have a buddy with a few of the 83/83 optical Dizzys laying around and have him shipping one as well as the oil pump / dizzy shaft... Seems he takes them out and puts the 82 VR Dizzy in instead, go figure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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