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Re: [T3] a question about the 009 ;P


<x-charset iso-8859-1>The 009 is famous for the lag... Dialing in carbs?  what dial did you use?
you might check the setting of the accelerator pump... it will have to
change from stock for something as big as the 1835.

Keith


----- Original Message -----
From: phil <squarepeg67@yahoo.com>
To: type3list <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 5:36 PM
Subject: [T3] a question about the 009 ;P


> 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?
> Thanks for any thoughts,
> Phil
>
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