G200w Distributor

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » 04 May 2006, 14:35

Im not the most clued-up when it comes to distributors, havent really played with them before. What i have here is the dizzy off my G200w

According to Warren's [WFC] description posted on OzGem

1. Variable Reluctor - this is the standard rb gemini setup and is also seen in a lot of 70s and 80s GM and fords. it revolves around the fact that you have small magnets on a distributor shaft (One per cylinder) and they are equally spaced around the shaft (one per 90degrees in a 4 cylinder) you then have a coil sensor mounted inside the distributor that as the dizzy shaft spins these magnets will pass by the coil and induce a voltage in to the coil.
This will make a sine wave (in theroy) that will change in both frequency and amplitude as the rpm increases. The benifits of this is that the setup is completly passive inside the dizzy (requires no power source to operate).
this signal then will come out of the dizzy (2 wires, positive and negative from our coil inside the dizzy) and joins up to a 4 pin HEI ignition module where the other 2 pins join to the coil to trigger it.

Nick-

Post by **Poida** » 06 May 2006, 17:13

If the question is "what type of dissy is this?" then it's a reluctor type. They can be found in a number of different looking formats.

All RELUCTOR type switces have a two wire connector.

HALL EFFECT switches have a three wire connector.

It's the same type I am looking for to use in my G180W engine. Anyone having a spare they'd like to sell can PM me....

Post by **Poida** » 06 May 2006, 17:37

For visual reference this is a typical HALL EFFECT type switching system.

Note the three wire connection as well as a ferrous shutter that passes between two magnets, one permanent and the other an energised wire coil.

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » 06 May 2006, 19:02

Yeah that was the question Poida, cheers

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