Has anyone done an EDIS 8 conversion?

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ForceFed70

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Thinking about going distributorless on the 351W using EDIS. Have heard nothing but good things about the EDIS system.

I believe I've got everything figured out except how to mount the 36-1 trigger wheel.

Anyone have any advise on how to mount the wheel? Can't seem to find any conversion kits out there.

 

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i bought a 36-1 wheel from diyatutotune cut out the center and welded it to the inside of my crank pulley. havent had any problems, i wouldnt mind pulling the balancer and pulley off and truing it up on a lathe, but alas i dont have a lathe. yes its much better than sending dizzy signal to the ms and predicting when the next fire is gonna be, its very solid in its timing.

 

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so how does the oil pump work on a conversion?

 

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I used the 36-1 wheel from an Escort and it fit perfectly onto the crank pulley i got from Classic Air "Perfect fit Kit" . I then use a cam synchronizer shaft from a mid 90's Explorer to drive the oil pump.

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This was about 2yrs ago, i have since switched back to a carb and regular dizzy, due to an injector that went out on the Holley 2brrl TBI i was using causing an underhood fire, had to get the car running ASAP at the time and now that it is, I'm loathe to change anything.

 

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starchiefus said:

I used the 36-1 wheel from an Escort and it fit perfectly onto the crank pulley i got from Classic Air "Perfect fit Kit" . I then use a cam synchronizer shaft from a mid 90's Explorer to drive the oil pump.

car parts, auto parts, auto accessories from Coolparts: Dorman Engine Camshaft Synchronizer

This was about 2yrs ago, i have since switched back to a carb and regular dizzy, due to an injector that went out on the Holley 2brrl TBI i was using causing an underhood fire, had to get the car running ASAP at the time and now that it is, I'm loathe to change anything.

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Thanks for the info on the oil pump...Never knew that thing existed

 

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I'm doing one
Cooks Garage: going EDIS-8

 

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Forgot to mention I mounted my 36-1 wheel by sliding it as far up the back of the crank pulley as i could, then using Loctite construction adhesive to fasten it, it's still there after 2yrs. can provide pic's if needed.

 

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gonzothegreat said:

I'm doing one
Cooks Garage: going EDIS-8

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Cool! You guys with the 302 based engines have it alot easier.... Neither the explorer balancer/wheel setup or the cam position sensor will work on a 351W


Question tho... if you are planning to move to EFI in the future, why not purchase a full function Megasquirt ECU and run it in spark only mode?

 

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starchiefus said:

Forgot to mention I mounted my 36-1 wheel by sliding it as far up the back of the crank pulley as i could, then using Loctite construction adhesive to fasten it, it's still there after 2yrs. can provide pic's if needed.

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Escort wheel you say... I'll check that out.

 

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ForceFed70 said:

Question tho... if you are planning to move to EFI in the future, why not purchase a full function Megasquirt ECU and run it in spark only mode?

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I wanted to go with the Microsquirt, but it seems that they are out of stock.
I'm not moving to EFI soon.