timing retard for starting

nm9stheham said
Interesting question..... just a wild idea here.... If the normal triggering from the Mopar system triggers off of the leading edge of the reluctor pulse (which I think I does but would need to be doublechecked), then you could rig up a DPDT relay with the reluctor leads going through it. Wire the leads so that the relay is activated while starting and flips the reluctor polarity so that it fires off of the trailing edge of the reluctor pulse during starting. I have no idea if that would retard it too much.

Bad idea. Imagine flipping (inverting) the signal, the reluctor then interface triggers between teeth. That is about 45 degrees, but with uncertainty because there in not a defined edge where the flux changes quickly. The VR interface requires the signal to go negative, then triggers at a threshold going positive. The tooth edge you are thinking about would only happen with reverse rotation.