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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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crank angle sensor?
i'm a 1st gen guy, so excuse the ignorance: what's a crank angle sensor? what is it used for?
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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Basically acts as a distributor, basically signals the coils when to fire, you turn it to adjust timing and so forth.
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The CAS supercedes the distributer; it sends the ECU a signal at eccentric shaft degrees which tells the coils to fire.

Our cars run DIS ignition.
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Old Feb 12, 2003 | 07:20 PM
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DIS ignition?
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Distributorless ignition system.
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