I know this is the sort of thing Doug's done before. I'm mounting an Alfa Elite into my Fiero coupe, for an upcoming event.
Has anyone mounted a small Hall-type pickup to point somewhere on the front rotors? Any pics are a plus. I'm brainstorming how I'd like to do this.
In a nutshell, I have to make a bracket and point something about the size of a Crayola crayon at 2 small magnets I stick on the rotor and I have to get the tip of the "crayon" within 1/4" of the magnet so the pick-up will register.
Mounting magnetic wheel speed pickups? Doug Chase?
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Re: Mounting magnetic wheel speed pickups? Doug Chase?
I don't have actual solutions for either, just different idea...
Can you mount the sensor to the LCA and have it pick up the magnet on the wheel?
Can you mount the sensor to the LCA and have it pick up the magnet on the wheel?
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Fiero, I assume? What year?
If the A-bodies with JA1 brakes ever came with ABS, you could swap those knuckles over and have a speed sensor built into your rear hub.
If the A-bodies with JA1 brakes ever came with ABS, you could swap those knuckles over and have a speed sensor built into your rear hub.
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Jinxmutt, you have a good idea there, and its actually what's suggested in the manual, but I don't want to buy more magnets for every set of wheels I might run on it, and I don't want to have to re-adjust the sensor for each set of wheels (14s, 15s, etc)
Will, yes its a Fiero, 1985 so 84-87 style knuckles. I haven't looked into mounting the pickup in the back because I don't want wheelspin to mess with my odometer calibration factor.
Will, yes its a Fiero, 1985 so 84-87 style knuckles. I haven't looked into mounting the pickup in the back because I don't want wheelspin to mess with my odometer calibration factor.
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Re: Mounting magnetic wheel speed pickups? Doug Chase?
Stick the magnets to the hub and use an L-shaped bracket retained by the rotor dust shield bolts (assuming the dust shield isn't there).