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I just put a CDI on my Type4 2 liter motor, and here were my findings. The plug gap increases to .040 or .045. 5% increase in gas mileage all other things remaining the same. Same plug wires coil, pertronix ignition. I hope this helps! Adam Puzerewski 81 westy 74 beetle Vanagon Partsmobiles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fuhriman, Mark" <mfuhriman@fugro.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:35 PM Subject: [T3] CDI question > I've been contemplating a capacitive discharge ignition (CDI) system on my > stock FI motor for several months now, and I plan to order a kit made by > Universal soon --once I am sure I have all of my past intermittent problems > sorted out. A couple of questions for those who run CDI in their cars: > > o Will I use same Bosch W8AC plugs? Any advantage to using the platinum > plugs with CDI? Will I need to change the gap? > > o Will I use the same Bosch 7mm ignition wires? > > o Will the rotor need to be changed out to one without a resistor? > > o I guess I will need to drill holes in the cap to allow for the extra > wiring, right? Any other issues? > > Thanks- > > Mark Fuhriman > 69 Fastback > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe >