whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single tooth
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kaeman
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whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single tooth
I am repairing my engine, I had a roller lifter fail and have had to tear down the engine, I built a half moon cam sensor tooth but for some reason it only gets read at the leading and trailing ends of the tooth, the middle of the tooth doesn't read. I just had it check the poll at a specific tooth location and it has synced up just fine, but if I am doing that is there any reason not to cut the tooth down to a smaller lighter version, and just check the poll level at the new location?
64 el camino, 383 SBC, 11.7 to1 CR, accufab tb/rhs intake, 44lb injectors, trick flow heads, xr292r solid roller cam, belt drive camshaft, dry sump oil system, 2400 stall, turbo 350, spooled 9 inch, strange axles, 3.89 gears, dual wideband, full sequential fuel/cop, MS3x using 1.4.1 code.
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hiltonlo05
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Re: whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single t
I run a single tooth 1/4" wide by 1/2" tall target for cam signal. Works well for me.
Re: whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single t
Wow, that's not good. How many miles, what type of lifters, revkit or not ?kaeman wrote:I am repairing my engine, I had a roller lifter fail and have had to tear down the engine, I built a half moon cam sensor tooth but for some reason it only gets read at the leading and trailing ends of the tooth, the middle of the tooth doesn't read. I just had it check the poll at a specific tooth location and it has synced up just fine, but if I am doing that is there any reason not to cut the tooth down to a smaller lighter version, and just check the poll level at the new location?
I using a half moon, works great for me.
Re: whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single t
I'd say it doesn't matter. MS would normally trigger on the leading edge of the pulse. And it appears to be doing that.
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Re: whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single t
I think I will make the single tooth and change the polling position.
Yves the lifters are comp cams endure-x solid roller lifters, on a xr 292 r camshaft. the number 2 exhaust lifter had the needle bearing fail, which then killed the camshaft.... I am checking out the repair service com cams offers, but I am seriously considering upgrading to comp cams sportsman lifters because of the improved oiling system.
Yves the lifters are comp cams endure-x solid roller lifters, on a xr 292 r camshaft. the number 2 exhaust lifter had the needle bearing fail, which then killed the camshaft.... I am checking out the repair service com cams offers, but I am seriously considering upgrading to comp cams sportsman lifters because of the improved oiling system.
64 el camino, 383 SBC, 11.7 to1 CR, accufab tb/rhs intake, 44lb injectors, trick flow heads, xr292r solid roller cam, belt drive camshaft, dry sump oil system, 2400 stall, turbo 350, spooled 9 inch, strange axles, 3.89 gears, dual wideband, full sequential fuel/cop, MS3x using 1.4.1 code.
Re: whats the better choice half moon cam sensor or single t
Hm, most of the fails I heard about were with comp cams. I'm using Morels with pressurized oiling, a revkit and shaft rockers.
Over on speedtalk there were also some threads about this failure caused by lifters that were out of alignment and riding ln one side of the roll. Do yourself a favor and take the roller pin out. See if the roller has bitten into the sides of the lifter body. Also check the wear pattern of the lifter bores.
What type/year block?
Over on speedtalk there were also some threads about this failure caused by lifters that were out of alignment and riding ln one side of the roll. Do yourself a favor and take the roller pin out. See if the roller has bitten into the sides of the lifter body. Also check the wear pattern of the lifter bores.
What type/year block?