gundersen Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 During last winter I switched to a 1.8l solid cam VVC head, and it is working nicely and producing around 185bhp. How ever, I am unable to get a working cam sensor on it. I have tried to use the cam cover, incl. hall cam sensor, from my old EU3 engine. But the hall sensor is a good cm or so away from the cam pickup, and therefor unable to read anything. I have also tried using the VR sensor in the side of the VVC top, but aparently there is no picup on the solid cams for it to trigger on. I know that many are not using cam sensors, but there must be somebody that does with this setup...so what have you done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankee Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Hi Bo. Can't help you on this one, but was wondering what the advantage is with using the cam sensor? Is it sequential injection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Yep, sequential injection...and some other stuff. For example in case of a misfire the ECU can detect which cylinder had the misfire. So not vital features, but none the less something that would be nice to have working now that the ECU can 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted October 13, 2013 Leadership Team Share Posted October 13, 2013 Now you no longer have the VVC mech at the rear of the engine, would it be possible to adapt a distributor to work with a cam sensor? Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Bo, I don't remember where the cam sensor is located relative to the thingy on the cam. If the thingy is where the sensor is located on the old cover, maybe we should have milled out a rectangle and then make an adaptor that ofsetts the sensor closer to the cam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundersen Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 @stu: no distributor, so that is an option. Thanks @rj: the signal thingy on the cam is right below the sensor hole, so that is definately an option. Actually that was what Flemming suggested, and he has some hall sensors that are quite long and have threads on the sides so they can screw into an adapter...will call you when I get home from track day 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I have seen a few conversions where the regular cam sensor has been modified to go further down the hole so that it picks up correctly on the reluctor ring. They seemed successful. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 How was the sensor modified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I haven't seen close up, but imagine two approaches, pressing the sensor part further down the housing or modifying the housing to allow the sensor to go further into the hole, securing it might then be a problem. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Thanks Oily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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