The choice to move into using the SXV 550 engine was not without its problems, as it is an engine that is characteristically difficult to start. Its Engine Management System also reads and characterizes the engine timing through a single Crank Pulse Sensor, rather than the usual configuration of an additional Cam Pulse Sensor. An after-market Cam Pulse Sensor, integrated to a machined cam cover, was used to provide the third-party Engine Management System that the team uses with the required timing signals to operate.