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Originally Posted by KRatcliff
The Optispark is considered a front mounted distributor, but a stock LT1 from GM comes with both a crank sensor and a cam sensor. Thus my comment when I quoted the rule book that an LT1 should be allowed to run a crank trigger since it comes with one from the factory.
The rule book is a bit out dated, but how can you not allow a car in the guide to run the same equipment as it came from the factory? Would tech bounce a purely stock LT1 because it has a crank sensor?
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Kyle,
It was the premise used by Jim Skelly to allow the use of crank trigger systems on the LT-1 and other EFI engines, based that the cam and crankshaft sensor are separate functions from the cap and rotor that all they do is distribute the electrical current to each spark.
The same situation I went through with Pat on the Cobra Jet 429 Ninja when he told me I could not use Coil-On-Plug (COP) because it was based on a Windsor engine.
Well, Ford Racing had gotten approval to use either a distributor or COP ignition and it had been approved by NHRA and was told by the Indy Office it was legal to run COP.
By the way...Happy Birthday Kyle
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