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Old Jul 23, 2018 | 01:03 PM
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I bought the motor with swap for the LS2 cam sensor , the previous owner ran the motor on the 6LS msd box I see it run with no issues , and I am running a factory ecm with hptuners , so my question is. with the 24 tooth crank trigger, would the engine still run if I have the wrong gear on the cam , and if it still runs what would the issues be?
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If you are running the 24X reluctor, you MUST run the 1X cam gear. The 4X cam gear will not work with a 24X reluctor
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If you are running the 24X reluctor, you MUST run the 1X cam gear. The 4X cam gear will not work with a 24X reluctor
ok so you are saying it wont even start with the 4x gear
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ok so you are saying it wont even start with the 4x gear
Correct
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It may, may not, not 100% positive what the computer does when it sees a whack cam signal. If the signal is erratic they run bad, but feeding it 4x when it's looking for 1x, probably will backfire etc. I know that on some systems it will disregard the bad data and use other sensors to fill in the info but it will always be running in a reduced state, aka less power.

You'd be better off leaving it unplugged than feeding the PCM a 4x signal when it's looking for a 1x

It may run, but run bad with the wrong signal. Same with it unplugged. If you're trying to get around putting a 1x gear on there or running a conversion box, you're not gonna

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