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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Saturday 24 November 2001 16:36, phil wrote: > Hey all... I just got my first wholly self-built motor > into the back of my squareback. It's an 1835, engle > 100 cam, stock heads, stock dual carbs, and a piece of > s#%& 009 distributor. My problem is a noticeable lag > on acceleration, until about 1500-2000 RPM, when the > power kicks in. Most annoying. > I've got my carbs dialed in pretty well and the timing > set statically at about 7 degrees BTDC. > Can I use the stock vacuum advance distributor without > any problems? Will it work correctly with the added > displacement? > Can you imagine any other causes of the lag, besides > the 009? You can use the vac. advance dist. without too much problems. Another thing you might try, is to set your timing with your engine at RPM with the 009 dist. Just set for 30 degrees total advance, and see what happens. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>