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>From: RandomMoon@aol.com > So, here's my question: I have a '70 Square, with meddlesome Fuel >Injection, and have yet to find any printed media that explicitly states any >possible problems with installing an Electronic Ignition module in >combination with the FI BrainBox. Has anyone done this? How 'bout preferred >brandname? Pertronix? Compufire? Jacobs Electronics? I remember a feature >in VW Trends (or was that Hot VWs?) that showed the installation... as well >as some benchmarking... but no mention of integration with FI. Am I gonna >run into any problems with this? There are no electrical connections between the FI and the ignition system on a D-Jetronic car such as the Type III. This means that you can try anything that physically fits in your distributor. What you can't do is change to a non FI distributor. I have used CDI ignitions for decades, and helped install some other kind in a customer's car a year ago. I don't recall the brand of the latter, but it was a molded plastic piece that mounted on the breaker plate in place of the points and seemed to work fine. I recall that the fit was a bit tight, and it rubbed in places; that always bothered me because I was concerned that it would interfere with the various advance actions. It seems to work fine, however. Jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Kepner Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org Laura Kepner-Adney Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------