Wheel Speed Sensor Location

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:10 pm
I am installing, in my Gen2, a used Race Technology DASH2 that I recently picked up. It was installed on a different type of car. I am looking for suggestions on a simple, robust location for the wheel speed sensor. Any suggests would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:14 pm
I've used both proximity and magnetic. The proximity sensor was more difficult as the clearance needed to be fairly tight to get a reading. I also used steel springs pressed into holes I drilled in the backside of the hub (two), then a piece of angle aluminum mounted to the upright to mount the sensor close enough to pick up a signal from the two pins. This all works well if the hub bearing is tight, but the close tolerances were problematic with any wobble in the hub.

I later went with magnetic sensors mounted to the transmission with an angle bracket to align the sensor to read the rotation of the inner rear CV joint where I glued on some small neodymium magnets (think I went with three but one will work). The clearance is more tolerant so I could mount the sensor with enough gap to deal with any play. I found that just some RTV was generally sufficient to keep the magnets in place (though I also kept some extra magnets in case I had lost one or had to change inner CV.)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:19 pm
Thanks Bob. I have been trying to get it to work on the front, so that I do not have wheel spin issues, but the rear may be easier. Wheel spin is probably not a big deal with our cars.

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You may want to mark your rear rims and tires. Then watch to see if you are having the tire rotate on the rim.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:01 pm
I have seen people place a second nut on the front spindle bolt and attach a magnet there. All you need is a very thin piece of aluminum to attach to an upright bolt to hold the sensor. I had this working but lost the nut and my calculations were not very precise and I was able to get CDS GPS to work with my AIM system and switched over to that.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:33 pm
I use a Hall Effect sensor triggered by a notch wheel mounted to the hub center bolt on the front end. I found a Mercury Marine ignition rotor that is the perfect size, just have to take the rotor off and drill the center bolt hole out to the size of the hub bolt. I made the bracket out of aluminum and the upright bolts hold it on.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:30 pm
Hi!

I have a Dash 2 with DL1 Mk3 in my car.

If the wheel speed sensor ends up being problematic...

The mph on my dash 2 is generated from a combination of gps fom the DL1 and RPM source. Another option might be to get a used DL1 Club which would allow your mph, but also data log within the same system. (more $ but may be better than a dive into problematic sensors- I've seen them go for $400-500 on Facebook marketplace and Apexspeed)

I've been happy with my Dash 2 w/ DL1. Back when I bought it (quite a few years ago) I liked the form factor of the Dash 2 out of all the dash type loggers.

Also- with the RT stuff- you can export in an aim compatible file format- seems a lot of people use Aim in these cars- so that's important to compare.

Harrison

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