Re: Mounting a VSS on a pre 85.5?

Arthropraxis Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:04 pm

Thanks, I will check mine. The colors for the sensor and the PCM don't match.

87-944S Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:57 pm

I am very curious about the cost to machine a 944 cam gear, and cost of the gear.

marc a Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:28 pm

Mike,

Post over on Pelican Parts 944 parts forum for the cam gear. I bet you can get one for next to nothing.

I don't remember what my machine shop charged to do the work, but it was not much.

Marc

joecitizennn Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:06 pm

marc a wrote:I'm sorry but the fact that you are dealing with a LT rather than a LS escaped me. Can't help with the LT.

Yeah, thats why I posted in the LTX section

marc a Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:23 pm

Sorry . . . I'm a dumb ass Embarassed

joecitizennn Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:56 pm

marc a wrote:Sorry . . . I'm a dumb ass

Having gone through the hell of building one of these project cars myself, I dont think anybody here could be a dumbass. Just nuts

laptop_geek Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:05 am

marc a wrote:
joecitizennn wrote:
marc a wrote:You will need a sensor from a 2002 Camaro with automatic transmission

Is there a part number for the sensor I can use?

Go to Rock Auto and look up the above car with automatic transmission.

STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS Part # SC90 {Click Info Link for Alternate/OEM Part Numbers}
w/ A.T. $17.40

ACDELCO Part # 2131701 {#10456520, 213328, 24225896}
SENSOR,VEH SPD w/4-SPD AUTO TRANS(M30); BOLT ON W/BRACKET $17.41

Just a note. Autozone has the duralast version of this part with a limited life time warranty for $21.99. Duralast PN SU1089

RobotMachines Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:50 pm

joecitizennn wrote:
marc a wrote:Sorry . . . I'm a dumb ass

Having gone through the hell of building one of these project cars myself, I dont think anybody here could be a dumbass. Just nuts

Just nuts is worth it on its own.

Modian Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:36 pm

87-944S wrote:Check out Admin's site, he has a nice VSS kit.

Does his require the longer bolts as well? If so, anyone know the size? I've had his for a while and am finally getting ready to install it. It looks much narrower than the cam gear so I thought I could get away with the stock bolts, but now I'm not sure.

**Admin** Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:15 pm

I always install them with the stock bolts.

joecitizennn Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:43 am

I ended up just removing the tranny output shaft and welding 5 equally spaced knobs on the outer flange. I used the 2002 camaro VSS and wired it to my computer. Car seems to run quite well and has no problem finding idle at speed.

spence Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:23 pm

Have you scanned the computer to check to see if its throwing a code for the VSS? I just got my car tuned and the sensor I'm using appears not be compatible with the LT1 computer. My car runs fine without it; just sucks that I bought the kit and didn't need it. (EDIT - I bought the kit from Greg and Im not sure what sensor he used).

Does any know for sure if the 2002 camaro VSS works with the LT1 computer?

**Admin** Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:12 pm

The sensor itself should all read the same, 40 pulses per rev. maybe the wiring is messed up. Have you run a scan tool to see if it shows any reading?

spence Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:54 am

Unfortunately no, his laptop battery was dead and could only run from an extension cord. It's not tripping the CEL light, so I'm not really worried about it. It only showed up on his laptop.

I was reading a little about the code last night; I think it may be related to the VSS output for the gauges not being hooked up. I'm going to go back and get him to delete the code and see what happens.

This link may help some people in the future trying to figure this out.
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**Admin** Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:27 am

Good read, I'll remember that for later problems we may run into.

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