The RX-8 sensor is magnetic reluctance.  Same type, size & shape as the 3rd gen.  In fact if you have a 3rd gen sensor, you can use it if you can mount it correctly.  The Subaru sensors will also work but they are poor quality (many failures reported) so don't go there.

 

Advantages are:

No ignition timing scatter due to gear lash, single sensor instead of two, and gets the 2nd gen crank sensor out of the way for other things (like alternators).

 

Tracy

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 From what I can pick up from the conversation, the RX-8 uses some sort
of optical pick-up from a wheel attached to the crankshaft through the
pulley.  What is the advantage in our application?  Compactness?
Lightness?  Durability? Anyone have a picture they could share?

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