Hi all,

First of all, happy new year to you all and families.

I am still using my little truck for some work around the house (wood, stones ... and going to the beach :-)):

http://www.mightyram50.net/vbulletin...x4-from-Europe

I have not done a lot of mechanics on it but now I have to do the timing and as it is running far to reach I was into a weber swap.

But I may change my mind and try an EFI conversion (TBI) with a MaxxEcu mini for two reasons. First, this is something I would like to learn (I have other old cars from the 90s that are already EFI but that may need to use modern parts in the near future when original parts are no longer available) and, second, I may switch between Gasoline and Ethanol (E85), particularly in summer, E85 being half the price here in France. There will some extra costs as regards to a weber swap as I would have to buy the ECU.

Learning about how to do the conversion, my main blocking point now is the crankshaft sensor (I think I am pretty ok with the rest). I don't want to pull out the engine to have a proper access to the crank pulley and the block to assess whether I can put a trigger wheel and a sensor on the crank pulley (unless someone has already worked on a solution for a G63B) and I am thinking at converting my distributor into a cam sensor for the ECU and use wasted spark, that is to keep only the gear, the shaft and the body of the distributor and put a trigger wheel inside with a sensor.

Here are my questions:

1/ Did someone already studied that solution?

2/ I don't want to use my distributor to explore this idea. I would rather prefer to use a used distributor that I could dismantle for my R&D/learning. My guess is that I don't have specifically for a G63B distributor but distributors for other Mitsubishi engines would work too. Example:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126826767483

The distributor (on my engine) is this one (so I believe):

https://www.amayama.com/en/part/mitsubishi/md104695

The idea is to find something relatively cheap that would fit (the mechanical part of it) but I am unsure about how to cross reference it (my guess is that there are many potential candidates in the Mitsubishi engines). I was although thinking that an electronic ignition one would be a better starting point (less parts to remove).

Many thanks in advance for your help!