As I got this back at the weekend, I thought I'd post up some pics for people looking for possible ways of getting a trigger wheel on an A-series while mini-pulleys are offline. The standard 1275 crank damper is the basis (not the pressed-steel 998 version, or that "other" type of damper that sometimes crops up) and is modified on a bog standard lathe.
With a little playing on SolidWorks, I've worked out that by the shoulder being 7mm from the original "front" face and the same diameter as the inner of the sierra trigger, the all-important weight is changed by about three grammes. The trigger is a gentle push fit on the new diamter, and there are also three loctited CSK M3 screws holding the trigger in place. In this instance the missing tooth is aligned with the keyway, so the sensor will be fitted at 90 degrees to the bore centre at the front of the engine, and my bracket (mid-make at the minute) will offer two or three degrees adjustability.
Before modifying it, I checked how much deflection of the outer ring I was likely to see - which would obviously affect the timing. By locking the driveshaft of the lathe and physically twisting the outer ring with an oil filter strap, there was less than two degrees shift. Allowing for the slack in the cam/dizzy drive and the 3 or more degree's stretch in a timimg chain, that's still well under half the fluctuation a distributor drive will offer.
Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to do the turning myself, pesky liability insurance would only let me be present rather than "doing", and I didn't take my camera with me
All I need now is the opportunity to get the rad out, lift the front of the engine and I'll have me a MJLJ-lit 998 Mini
Edit - the rubber isn't as bad as it looks
Mini/A-series crank damper option
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good solution there gilesy, i was gonna go this route but could'nt get the ford type crank trigger wheel in time as my bottom end rotating assembly was going for balancing, my pulley is the same type as the mini-pullys one, just done by someone else same design & methods etc etc, anyway yours looks a good solution there, maybe worth getting it balanced on its ownif your engine is already in
keep it up bud!
keep it up bud!