Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 Let me rephrase. I have the three magnets mounted on my balancer (this is not a Z-engine, BTW) 120 degrees apart. I set the engine to TDC. Using existing holes in the timing cover, the best location for the hall effect sensor is not quite at the 80 degree mark past one of the magnets. It is more like 90 degrees. Because of the layout of the timng cover it would be very hard to move it down any further to get it near the 80 degree mark. Any opinions? ------------------ Jack Collins 72 240Z 66 Mustang Coupe 250/AOD Click Here to visit the Ford Six Cylinder Performance Forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scca Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 there should be 4 magnets- shouldnt there.??. one is placed further out on the balancer as i believe it needs to be at 80 exactly.. call ross if your unsure.. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 How crtical is it to position the hall sensor at the 80 degree mark after the first magnet? If it ends up at 90 degrees after, will that be a problem? ------------------ Jack Collins 72 240Z 66 Mustang Coupe 250/AOD Click Here to visit the Ford Six Cylinder Performance Forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoFlyingZ Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 Are you talking about the sensor pickup or the magnets? I think the pickup can be placed anywhere. It is the magnet placement that is the critical thing. The first magnet has to be at 80 degrees BTDC. This is all from my recent reading of the manual I may be off somewhere in left field. I'll have to read some more later this evening to make sure. Anyone else have a sure answer? ------------------ worlst@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoFlyingZ Posted February 23, 2001 Share Posted February 23, 2001 Ok! Helps when you read everything through a couple of times. SDS's website is at www.sdsefi.com/emanual.htm It has a full discription on how to mount the magnets. Basically what they advise is to locate the Hall sensor first and THEN measure 80 degrees advanced of that point when the 1 cylinder is at TDC. If your magnets are already placed then you have to place the Hall sensor 80 degrees advanced of the first magnet when the no. 1 cyl is TDC. If you don't have the sensor placed at 80 degrees advanced I suspect the timing will be way off and correction might not be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 i dont have sds but from reading on the website you can adjust the offset angle of magnet on the programmer if you know the angle that you mounted it at.maybe try reading more of owners manual-i am just guessing.the reason they mount it ahead is to give ecm time to fire #1 if you program in a lot of advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 OK, I got it now. The function "magnet position" tells the ECU where the pickup is in relation to TDC. Then "RPM IGN" determines advance. 80 degrees is good but my 90 degree setup can be used too. ------------------ Jack Collins 72 240Z 66 Mustang Coupe 250/AOD Click Here to visit the Ford Six Cylinder Performance Forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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