GM pickup coil and ignition coil mismatch

[Clarence L.Snyder]

Jason Weir wrote:
> 
> Not that this answers any of the questions posed in this thread but as I
> understand all GM pickups are hall-effect sensors and they may very well
> be matched to the coil/hei module but just to let everybody know in my
> Jeep's distributor I am using the stock reluctor coil pickup to trigger
> the GM HEI/coil package... Not sure what that means but it brings up
> some more questions....
> 
> --
> Jason Weir
> 88 Wrangler - 258 Chevy TBI
> Fayetteville, North Carolina
> http://home.att.net/~jweir  --- Jeep Home Page
> mailto:jweir at att.net
No, in fact the majority of GM pickups are NOT Hall devices, but simple
reluctor or inductor devices. Hall devices do not have coils in them.