Mustang Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 have to install a Atom G4x on a VW Boxer engine, engine has a Distributor with a Pertronix igniter installed. Must use the Distributor, is it possible to use the Pertonix Igniter as a trigger sensor? Thank you Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamw Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Years ago I have made a petronix pickup work as a trigger (needed to connect a big 1 ohm resistor to simulate an ignition coil being connected) but I wasnt completely happy with it, it seemed to do some weird stuff at times and we were getting a few trigger errors. This was with an older G4 ecu so didnt have a triggerscope function to really check what the problem was and if it was solvable. I didnt really mess around with it much as it was a Ford V8 which had a range of other more conventional distributor triggers available so we just swapped it to something I trusted. So sorry, I know that is not a really firm answer - but if there is any other more conventional sensor option that will fit (reluctor or hall) then I would rather go that way before committing time into the petronix. I would think for a VW it is common enough that there must be some other option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Adam, thanks for your answer, will use a Hall Sensor. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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