so how does your Ford Pinto work on your Volkswagen engine?? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Titus Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 12:06 PM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] New List Member With Ignition Timing Question
Thanks for your wise response. See attached engine photo showing my non-vacuum advance distributor, with Compu-fire electronic unit inside. The engine runs well, but low rpm "off the line" performance seems similar to the stock 1500 '67 bug I had 30 years ago. But I realize that a 2-barrel progressive carb requires a lot of throttle to kick in the 2nd circuit. D.B. Titus On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, No Quarter <[email protected]> wrote: > What kind of distributor does it have on it? Does it have a vacuum > chamber or not? If it doesn't, those need to be set so they are 28 to > 32 degrees BTDC at 3000 to 3500 rpm. The BEST dizzy I've found is the > SVDA which you set much like a centrifugal distributor (that has no > vacuum chamber) with the vacuum line plugged and once you set the > timing, you plug in the vacuum chamber. It pulls the best of any > distributor I've ever found.. The key with a VW isn't setting the > timing at idle. It's setting it for the maximum amount of advance > possible at RPM (when the advance curve peaks out and there is no more > advance left) so that way you don't accidentally overheat the engine. > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1391 / Virus Database: 1518/3811 - Release Date: 08/04/11 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
