RE: [T3] electronic ignition

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

No, silly darksider, I'm interested in the electronic points not for their
originality or lack of it.  I'm interested because I'm having to put points
on my FI Square every 5000 miles or so, and it's a bloody hindering pain in
the arse!

	----舯l Message-----
	From:	Erkson, Toby [SMTP:toby.erkson@intel.com]
	Sent:	Monday, April 19, 1999 12:34 PM
	To:	'vw'
	Subject:	RE: [T3] electronic ignition

	Electronic points won't float at high rpm like mechanical ones will.
For my
	engine this sold me as well as not having to clean/adjust the damned
	mechanical ones.

	Funny, most people rave about the virtues of FI -- largely
electronic, by
	the way -- and lament over carbs.  How are simple, electronic points
that
	much different?   Electronic points are a very logical addition in
my mind
	and probably would've been for VW if it were not for the total cost
of them
	at the time.

	Oh, I get it...duh...they weren't STOCK so, obviously, they are
inferior.
	Just had to get in the proper mind-set.

	   CC replies to: None, as I get messages right away.
	   Toby "Silly Purist, technology is for DarkSiders!" Erkson
	   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
	   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
	   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member
	   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
	   Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/


	> -----Original Message-----
	> 
	> He didn't like the reliance on proprietary tech that isn't fixable
(or
	> replacable) on the road, I guess.  He sold me, i must say-
Apparently
	> its the one for sale in the JCWitney catalog-  he had the 
	> number posted,
	> but that was before the dark times of the Type 2 list.....

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