Date:         Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:32:48 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: 5 clyinder Audi 5000 Turbo to Vanagon engine swap........ MIS
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>not all 5 Cylinder Turbo engines do use flywheel controlled timing.
>I guess this was introduced with the newer engines with cat
>converter. But you may move the pickup to the pulley and add a gear
>over there which indicates the OT. Or use a different sensor like
>those for add-on tachs. There are several ways around that problem,
>but I haven't heard about. Those swaps with flywheel controlled
>ignition are not very common over here.

If the pickup is flywheel-mounted, then it's a simple
once-per-revolution setup. You can move the magnet & sensor to any
part rotating once per engine revolution... eg crank pulley. Or even
a belt-driven pulley if its diameter is identical to that of the
crank pulley driving it.
--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut