v-6 in early A-body

KitCarlson said
I think it might be possible to generate the crank trigger signal from the distributor with the addition of a second sensor and trigger there.

Mopar actually did develop something like this when they were working on the EFI kit for the 390 hp crate motors. The Mopar catalogs said something about a dual pickup distributor for manual transmission kits. I referenced it years ago in a post asking if anyone knew what it was. I asked Rich E. about it and he put me in touch with the engineer that helped him with the kits, and the engineer said it got dropped because it took some specialized equipment to get the distributor synced correctly.

I would worry about slop in the timing chain causing problems, too. I suspect that is why the original setup used a crank pickup.

KitCarlson said
At the same time, the ignition could be done direct fire, coil on plug. I can use same hardware I am developing for the V8 COP ignition. I designed a similar system for 2.2L engine, and used the OEM ECU for timing control, diverted to coils. The reason would be easier drop-in eliminating crank sensor and bellhousing mod. The EFI trigger would come from my ECU associated with ignition.

That would be slick. My only concern would be that slop in the timing chain would throw the timing off.

Really like to see someone develop a front mount crank pickup that would interface with the stock ECU. {{hint,hint}} :D