- 1. purpose of crank and cam sensors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:39:08 -0400
- While redoing the timing on my moms Park Ave with a 3.8 ltr I have run across a question. It has both a Cam sensor and a Crank sensor. I for the life of me cannot figure out why it needs both, as the
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- 2. RE: purpose of crank and cam sensors? (score: 1)
- Author: "David A. Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:43:48 -0400
- My guess would for the engine management computer so it can advance the retard the timing? Maybe to use as an indicator of other engine problems, like timing? Like I said just a guess. David
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- 3. Re: purpose of crank and cam sensors? (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:45:58 -0400 (EDT)
- The information from the crank sensor is used to get very precise cranshaft position information. The cam info tells the brain when #1 is coming up on compression (as opposed to exhaust.) Hope this
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00796.html (7,043 bytes)
- 4. Re: purpose of crank and cam sensors? (score: 1)
- Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:30:22 -0400
- The cam sensor is a synch signal for the ignition module - there are 6 triggers on the crank sensor and 1 on the cam sensor, for a reference so the ign. module knows where TDC is and fires the right
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00813.html (8,508 bytes)
- 5. Re: purpose of crank and cam sensors? (score: 1)
- Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:00:18 -0700 (PDT)
- In a sequentially fired fuel injection setup on a 4 stroke car, the computer needs to know whether a given cylinder is on the compression stroke or the exhaust stroke. Since the cam runs at 1/2 cran
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00829.html (9,443 bytes)
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