Crankshaft trigger for VK56

[Mike Cullingford]

Could you please tell me how many teeth a stock VK56 has on the crankshaft trigger plate? (there is a profile for triggers in the Link G4 options)

I'm helping a friend wire up a VK56 in a R32 skyline.

The stock crank trigger disc is on the flywheel, and the pickup is in the bellhousing. With a RB25 gearbox and bell housing being used, we will make up a trigger disc and put it on the front of the crankshaft.

To make it work with the preconfigured Link 'VK56' trigger setup, i want to replicate the same amount of teeth. This will help ensure that the VVT setup will not run into problems.

Cheers, Mike

[Mike Cullingford]

It appears that they have a 36 -1 -1 arrangement.

Will it matter where the missing tooth is relative to the camshaft position?

some information - http://msextra.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=44464&sid=4956d0fb750b900704c858ae76307f26&start=20

[Simon]

You will need to match up factory trigger pattern. So tooth count and location of the gap will need to match.

[Mike Cullingford]

Problem Solved

The owner is also a machinist, DRP = Dan's Rad Parts.

Cheers, Mike

[Brad Burnett]

Just out of curiousity  was there any particular reason to not just run a simple 36-1 setup other than wanting to be able to use the preset vk56 selection?