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On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 12:57, Jim Adney wrote: > On 12 May 2005 at 7:08, Jim Showker wrote: > > > Wouldn't that be about 90 degrees off? By the way Jim Adney, do the FI > > distributors have the 2 degrees or so of retard built in for cyl 3 that are > > on the regular motors? > > I don't think that any of the FI dists have the 2 deg retard for cyl 3. For > that matter, I don't think that there were many dists at all which actually had > this. > > Didn't Russ show some dist curves that mentioned the retard for some dist > versions? The list I have shows it for the early distributors, but it continued up thru everything air cooled that I have worked with. I have verified it with a timing light, and the old VW diagnostic systems checked it. I think even Dave Hall checked his to verify it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~