Would work, but would you really want to embed 32 little magnets in a
wheel? Steel wheel is a lot more practical. Mazda's wheel is only
080 thick and weight is not worth talking about.
Tracy
At 11:15 AM 4/7/2005, you wrote:
Could
a little piece of a magnetic rod embedded in either steel or Al disc
(flywheel, pulley, etc.) do the trick? I always thought magnetic
pickups actually involved a magnet, or at least a dominant spike of metal
passing the
pickup.
Yes,
this is possible. I have operated a pip sensor with a steel set screw in an
aluminum disk before. However, a steel "ring gear" would be a better bet. You
know it will work if you made it look like the stock timing disk. It would be
less likely to vibrate out of position unnoticed.
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