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On 8 Jan 2004 at 21:08, Russ Wolfe wrote: > I am in the middle of uploading the VW distributor curve chart to my > web site right now. At the bottom of the page, there is a * and note > that shows which distributors have the retarded #3. This chart is from > 1965 and covers up through the 311 905 205 D*/E* distributors. > I personally have seen the retard on a Sun distributor machine, and if > you set the timing on the car on #1, then move the pick up to #3 you > should see the difference. > Well, here it is. I had to crop the document to get it on my scanner, > but the important stuff is there. > http://classicvw.org/gallery/my_misc/pic00005 The fact that you've seen it yourself is good enough for me, but I'm extra pleased to see the VW data sheets, too. So the offset was actually 2 degrees, I was just guessing at the 3 degrees. > In fact, I will prove this at Hershey. I will be driving a car with an > "E" distributor. You sure? 'Bout time. ;-) -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org