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We changed the spark plugs yesterday morning - they looked pretty good for 3500 miles on them, nice and used but not too black or white. Charlie Houston Tx '66 Bug "Whitey" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Timing Type 3 w/ 009 and twin carbs! > Toby is right on the Money here :) > Look for other bafoonery in the engine compartment, the 009 is a poor choice > in general so you may have to noodle with the timing to get as much of the > flat spot out as possible > > Your real test is gas mileage, problems can be masked by running it rich but > engine life will suffer, if your not getting 27-29 on the highway at 70 then > its not jetted or set up right. > > Keith > > > Subject: Re: [T3] Timing Type 3 w/ 009 and twin carbs! > > > > That "friend" did far more damage by swapping the fuel injection with > carbs. > > > > Many like carbs, and that's fine, but we constantly see people tear out a > > perfectly good FI system and replace it with carbs...then they have > problem > > after problem. What's sad is that many FI systems that are removed are > then > > thrown away, wiring harness hacked, etc. :-( > > > > It sounds like you are the better friend; I hope you can help (and > educate!) > > your neighbor so they will have many years of fun and trouble-free > air-cooled > > driving :-) > > > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > > '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing > > http://www.icbm.org/ > > Portland, Oregon > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >