Quite a number of years ago I bought an SVDA with a CompuFire electronic ignition from John Connelly at Aircooled.net to replace a 009 in a 1974 standard Bug with a PICT-4. My desire was to make it a smooth daily driver for my daughter but it had that stumble off-idle that is known with that carb-dizzy combo.
I selected the CompuFire and SDVA combination and it improved the driveability considerably, no more stumble. I also have a Pertronix in my 1970 with no troubles. Disclaimer... these were both installed more than ten years ago, I don't know the current state of the products for sale. Nick Stokes Dub~Tunes radio page: http://www.vwradios.com On Jul 22, 2012, at 2:39 PM, No Quarter wrote: > While I'm on a roll here and posting stuff, I wanted to share with all of you > something I figured out. I love running the SVDA distributor. It's in every > running VW I drive and I wouldn't have it any other way. I also like running > the electronic points replacement. The price for both of these things has > gone through the roof and I can't believe it as compared to what it used to > cost over 10 years ago. What I do is get the SVDA dizzy and the accufire > points replacement. Thye accufire I think is like the EMPI/Bupack chinese > stuff that is cheaper but doesn't always fit the best, etc. That's exactly > the problem. The accufire won't sit low enough in the distributor to make > everything fit correctly. Oh it'll fit in there alright but after you get > the magnetic trigger disc installed, and then the rotor, the cap won't sit > down all the way. What I did is found an old rusted up junk stock dizzy and > pulled the center shaft out and put it in my lathe. You could probably sti! ck! > it in a 1/2 drill or tap threads inside and thread in a bolt so that you > could stick it in a drill that is clamped in a vise and make a DIY homespun > lathe. Anyway, you put the rotor on the end of the shaft and trim off about > 3/16" of an inch. Then the rotor will sit down all the way on the shaft, the > cap will fit, and you're up an running on a 30 to 40 dollar electronic > ignition that is not supposed to work in this distributor. Just keep spare > rotors with ya with the bottom trimmed off. I repaired an alternator by > soldering in a carbon brush from an electrolux vacuum cleaner motor so it's > whatever it takes to get the job done. :) The parts don't care how they are > used - it's up to you to make it all work. :) > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
