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On 4 May 99, at 11:47, scott a keck wrote: > >Engine is tuned according to specs...< > Just a quick note on this. In your case you cannot "tune" the engine to > specs. With your carb conversion the tune up specs are no longer > relevant to that engine. In other words you have changed the operating > parameters of the engine and the stock tune up specs would not be correct > any longer. So at this point you kind of play it by ear. You change the > timing and idle speed until you find what works best for the car. Scott's right, the real question is always "which spec." In most cases you should use the spec that the dist was made for. In the case at hand, tuning to stock 69 FI spec.TDC should be fine. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/