Distributorless ignition (I'm new around here)

[Drew Skinner]

What about the caddys? 

>>> nacelp at bright.net 11/28 1:08 PM >>>

The ZR1 vettes, are the only ones I know of
Bruce




> Do any of the Yank GM cars run a 8 Cyl DIS spark system that we could
adapt
> the ignition module off like the Buick V6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Plecan <nacelp at bright.net>
> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Distributorless ignition (I'm new around here)
>
>
> >
> >Electromotive sells all the bits to do that, and even  a.
> >ZR-1 are a parts source but rare.
> >Alternatives use two electromotive sensors and tone rings, inside the oem
> >dissy
> >Some reading at the 332 site.
> >MSD supposedly has a v-8 dissy for SEFI so it has a synch signal, if I
> >recall right.
> >Bruce
> >
> >>      I am intrested in making a distributorless ignition for my early
V8
> >> engine...My electronics training is limited to a junior college
> >"Introduction
> >> to electronics" course and a semester of "Electronic math".  I have
read
> >> Drury's DDIS article...but even that was a little much for me, as I
> didn't
> >> understand alot of the lingo.
> >>      My goal right now is to just build the initial infrastructure
needed
> >to
> >> fire the coils at idle with static advance. I've broken this down into
> >> subgroups:
> >>
> >> 1. Power my coils, The coils are junkyard sourced from the late 80's GM
> >3.8
> >> liter 6cyl three coil packs.  I've been looking for a four coil pack
from
> >an
> >> Aurora or something but they don't seem to have trickled down to the
> "pick
> >a
> >> part" yet.
> >>
> >> 2. Trigger the ignition, I was thinking of four hall effect transducers
> at
> >90
> >> degree intervals and a magnet epoxied into the crank pulley.
> >>
> >> 3. Control the coils, Find the correct transistor to work with the hall
> >> effects in order to control current to the coils.
> >>
> >>      My current quandary is what type of hall effect sensor I should
> >choose,
> >> www.digikey.com requests info. such as "output type" and "package/case"
> >and I
> >> really don't know what my parameters should be.  Can anyone suggest the
> >best
> >> transducer for my application?  Someday I will advance to digital
control
> >of
> >> the advance curve and maybe even fuel injection but right now I am just
> >> trying to keep everything as simple and cheap as possible.  My sincere
> >thanks
> >> to those who have read this far...any input is valued.
>
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