[DeTomaso] ONE COIL ONE PLUG - SHORT WIRES

[Thomas Tornblom]

Julian Kift skrev:
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>> I use a TEC3r which triggers the MSD DIS-4 and then two coils in parallel.
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> I have been looking at the TEC3 too, it seems a reasonable compromise on the cost vs. performance scale over a MOTEC. My tuner also likes the DTAFast out of the UK www.dtafast.co.uk and swears its as good as a MOTEC at half the cost, but each tuner has his/her preferences I guess.
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>> Congratulations! You got a DEAL on the 8521!!! They are RARE! I have one, too. But I worry about the day when it goes south.
>> Going back to batch fire would be an option....
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> I've seen some cam syncs made from old distributors cut down. MSD also has the universal cam sync PN 2346 now, which I think requires installing a magnet in the cam gear and a non magnetic pickup in the timing cover. 

One can easily make a working cam sensor/oil pump drive out of two 
standard Ford cam sensors, one truck EFI 5.0 (housing) and one 4.0 V6 
(shaft).

The one I'm using in my car now is a sensor from a 3.8 V6, with a simple 
adapter to make it fit the block, but I'm about to replace it with the 
combo above, just for good looks :-)

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> I also see an MSD inductive unit PN 8916 on sale that hooks to the #1 spark plug wire, but that to my mind seems dodgy being an indirect measurement and may not even work with multiple spark or waste spark systems. If that was a choice I assume a crank trigger would be equally reliable, but its still not a true cam signal.
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> Cheers,
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> Julian
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Cheers,
Thomas