Re: [T3] carbs v FI

["ralph" <oldford3@home.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Steve,
    Cheap was my goal.  Problem with the FI distrib was that the vacuum
advance was rotted.  I scrounged up something close out of my son's bin of
old VW stuff.  VW/Bosch don't put part numbers on these, so I have no idea
whether I could order the right one (but admittedly, haven't tried).
Appeared to be the same travel by pushing on both, but there was really no
way to mic it.  Anyhow, it seemed to run it just fine - but given that it
was off a scrapped part, I don't know how long that'll last.
    Somebody once told me that an 009 was retarded a bit on the left bank to
keep those cylinders cooler under the oil cooler.  Fact or just hype?
Strikes me as a power robber. And a great way to imbalance an engine.  I
didn't believe it, but it sounds like you might know, fer sure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
To: "T3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] carbs v FI


> Ralph=> I'm gonna order carbs and a 009 distributor
>
> Speaking as a carb guy, I'd recommend against the 009. The stock FI
> distributor will probably work better for you, an 010 maybe better than
> that. But the 009 is a well-known, cheap, easy-to-get piece of crap.
>
> Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
> '66 Big Ghia
>
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