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R34 GTR with Platinum Pro switching to Hall Effect Sensors?

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I have been using Platinum Pro Plug-in for my R34 GTR for awhile now, I see many people switching to Hall Effect Sensors for the RB26. Anyone have postive experience here?

 

I’m planning out my RB28 build now and would like to know what is the involvment in switching stock sensors to these aftermarket trigger kits? I’m thinking to use this kit that places a Hall effect sensor at the exhaust cam and crank as well. Specifically this kit https://rossperformanceparts.com/product/nissan-rb-crank-cam-trigger-kit-twin-cam/

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2 hours ago, etang789 said:

 I see many people switching to Hall Effect Sensors for the RB26. Anyone have postive experience here?

I’m planning out my RB28 build now and would like to know what is the involvment in switching stock sensors to these aftermarket trigger kits? 

As the OEM CAS units age, there is a definite drop off in their accuracy.  Things wear, and you get a small amount of slop in the drive splines.

And with bigger power pulses from a more powerful engine, this all combines to produce timing scatter so that the ECU doesn't exactly know correct engine speed or position.  Not good when you want a good tune and reliability.

Proper crank trigger setup is the ultimate fix IMO with an RB.  Equal importance to an oiling system that doesn't suck air or break pump gears.

Hall sensors are not the ideal choice and can get "lost" sometimes.  Which is why OEM setups use reluctors.

But the kit you mention can/does work well.  Which it would want to, for the $$ required. You will need some wiring changes, and a tuner who knows how to configure the ECU to read/interpret the triggering.

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On 5/21/2018 at 10:56 AM, Dale FZ1 said:

As the OEM CAS units age, there is a definite drop off in their accuracy.  Things wear, and you get a small amount of slop in the drive splines.

And with bigger power pulses from a more powerful engine, this all combines to produce timing scatter so that the ECU doesn't exactly know correct engine speed or position.  Not good when you want a good tune and reliability.

Proper crank trigger setup is the ultimate fix IMO with an RB.  Equal importance to an oiling system that doesn't suck air or break pump gears.

Hall sensors are not the ideal choice and can get "lost" sometimes.  Which is why OEM setups use reluctors.

But the kit you mention can/does work well.  Which it would want to, for the $$ required. You will need some wiring changes, and a tuner who knows how to configure the ECU to read/interpret the triggering.

Thanks for the feed back seems like other than price it doesn't have much down side. Since my current CAS is and old unit for R32 and I do have an R34 so I will have to get a new CAS anyways might as well go with Hall Sensors. But I wish there are direct plug and play without any splicing OEM wirings.

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9 hours ago, etang789 said:

Other than price it doesn't have much down side.

I wish there are direct plug and play without any splicing OEM wirings.

The price is an investment in reliability and achieving whatever your mechanical layout and tuning capabilities will allow.  Who wants to blow an engine because of wildly scattered ignition at high rpm/load?

As for direct plug & play, forget it.  You're moving away from OEM spec so expect there's going to be some work involved.

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