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Sorry but I just can't help but nitpick a few minor points. First the 009 wasn't introduced until the 70's and it's use in racing was not short lived. In 2003 at the sacramento bug o' rama most of the race cars had 009 distributors, many running sub 11 second quarter miles. I don't know where the idea that mechanical advance distributors were for stationary engines came from but some early porsches and vw buses came stock with them. The 009 was the replacement superceding the 010 an early bus distributor. The real issue is what works better on the street. Vacuum and mechanical advance combined is the answer. A 009 basically works similar to a stock distributor without the vacuum lines hooked up. Vacuum advance gives the advantage of driveability and fuel economy. The other point is the stock coil can fail but it very rarely does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org