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On 31 Jan 2004 at 21:54, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Keith wrote: > >Sounds like a real dog of a setup. Ive had other people with Weber 34's on > >stock engines with the same complaints... I dont think the Webers are a good > >match for our engines torque curve. > > >Before you mess with the carbs though, get the 009 off there! There isnt a > >worse choice for this application. Stick an early FI distributor on it, > >dont use the vacuum (yet) and time it for stock spec, and see how it feels. > > Keith, what do you really have against this combination? Be honest now. > I've been running the very same set up for over 5 years. I don't know what the problem is with the 009, but the consensus out there is that it's got a poor advance curve. There appear to be old and new 009s and the quality of the old ones may be better, because we all know that it was well liked 30 years ago. OTOH, there's little mystery to advance curves. Once you understand what you want you realize that there's little point in paying extra for something which you already have in hand. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org