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On 4 May 99, at 9:18, Mark.Bogdanich@chase.com wrote: > Originally came with FI...had problems with it in P.R. unable to get parts > so I converted it to dual Weber carbs... > All in all, "Juanito" runs beautiful. Gas mileage is around 27 MPG... > performance is good. This may be a little lean, which might lead to running too hot, which can lead to pinging. > However, when the engine gets up to operating temp I get a lot of pinging. Does using higher octane gas help? > Engine is tuned according to specs... Which specs? The FI specs or the dual carb specs? > My questions is this.... > Should the original distributor for the Fuel Injected engine be > changed because of the conversion to carburetion? The 69 FI MT dist is a GREAT dist. Don't part with it. It will work fine with carbs. Is your 69 a MT or AT car? Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/