Using a Vanagon Distributor, for megasquirt Options

[yarin]

I got an interesting response on the megasquirt forums regarding ignition triggering. I was planning on locking my stock dizzy and installing a pertronix hall sensor unit in there. Has anyone tried this?

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Score a distributor from a late model Vanagon with Digifant (NOT the one with the vacuum can). It has: 1) Hall sensor 2) Locked down timing 3) Drops in to the engine Cheap from a junkyard, and you can probably sell the stock distributor on e(vil)Bay and turn a net profit. R2.0

[yarin]

I'm in the process of building MS II V.3.0. It supports direct coil ignition with the integrated VB921.

My plan is take the output off the hall pickup, run it into MS, then direct ignition output to coil.

http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2/vb921.htm

Why switch to a cam driven distrubutor pickup if you already have EDIS? Don't you pickup some cam slop? Granted you can't customize spark power or swap coils or anything, but its bullet proof.

I'd like to go with EDIS or any type of crank triggered ignition to get away from cam slop and whatnot.... but for now this is the easiest plug 'n play solution that allows me to control dwell, timing, advance, etc.

Is there a 'how to' for building your own hall effect pickup for a stock distributor?

Thanks!