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On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 23:23, Jim Adney wrote: > On 8 Nov 2005 at 22:38, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > I personally prefer the ZV/JCU4R3 distributor for all around > > performance. It was a 1 year only distributor that VW made specifically > > for the 1500S T-3 engine in 1964. > > > http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#C1964S > > Sounds pretty nice, but the chances of actually finding one are > pretty slim. The advance sounds pretty much the same as the FI units, > except that this would be low profile, since it didn't need the space > for the FI trigger points. > > The FI dists have an advantage of more easily available parts. They are out there. I have bought 3 in the last couple years. And I have been able to get any parts that I have needed except for the vacuum adv. units, which they were available in England about 6 months ago. If you look at the advance curves, the 4R3 is little better for "agressive" driving than the FI distributors. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~