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on 23/7/2002 6:05 PM, Steven Ayres at comwest@att.net wrote: > Test the total advance on the FI distributor. At more than about 30 degrees, > I'd be concerned. As I understand it the FI brain dumps more fuel at full > advance to add power and cooling. (Am I right about that, Jim?) The carbs > can't. I'm using a '71 FI (single vac. advance) distributor on my Fastback with stock solexes, and I am very pleased with the performance. IMHO vac + mechanical advance distributor makes a ACVW much better to drive than just one or the other. > Try a stock '68 vacuum-only distributor (G or H mod code, I think) or an > 010. I agree- the 010's were built to a much higher quality standard than the 009's you get these days. HTH, Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/