[T3] AB dizzy timing

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

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	Ok, so I'll count this as Type III content, as it is a 
question about the Type III A-B fuel injection distributor.

	I have one on a stockish 1600 upright w/ dual kads.  I'm 
using it as strictly mechanical advance.  It's spec'ed in Bentley as 
having 15deg of mech. advance at the distributor, so 30 degrees at 
the crank.  I found some people's conversions for measuring linearly 
along the circumference of the upright pulley to mark the 30degree 
mark, so I used this w/ my timing light to adjust the timing 
dynamically to advance to this mark at max advance.

	Not really putting 2 and 2 together, I decided to have a look 
at the timing statically after I'd set it dynamically.  I found I'd 
timed it to maybe a degree or two before tdc when measured 
statically.  Then, of course, I realized that it's supposed to give 
30degrees max advance at the crank... and if I'd timed it to 
30degrees max advance, then it'd be at 0 degrees tdc when checked 
statically.  Duh.

	Now, I kinda doubt that I had good figures for determining 
the 30degree mark on the pulley, and I may not have measured well. 
How well can I trust that my distributor does not have, say, 32 or 33 
degrees actual advance at the crank?  Are they pretty reliable?  Now, 
if this were being installed in a Type III and statically timed a la 
Muir, it would be set to 0 degrees; when you floored the Type III at 
medium/high rpms, the vac advance wouldn't be engaged, and the 
conditions would be a lot like my engine...

	So, should I retime the car statically to 0deg tdc with this 
dizzy for a little more oomph?  Or do I likely run the risk of 
killing my engine by running it too advanced?

-Greg

(p.s.: it seems to drive a bit more smoothly than with the 009. 
Also, I'd assumed that the 009 cap and rotor would just swap on, but 
the Type III shaft size is different, so I installed the Type III cap 
and rotor.)

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