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Hi Type 3 gang... Well, after installing my recently worked-over-by-Jim-Adney distributor - setting my timing to 0 TDC, and getting dwell to ~50 degrees, I backed my 68 FI fastback out of the garage, set off down the street, and.... nuts. The car starts to accelerate and then just goes flat - the engine is running, but it just seems to run out of power... When the car is driving along - about 25 mph on neighborhood streets - it doesn't feel exactly like it's missing, but I can feel it is minute accelerations and decelerations as I'm driving at more or less steady speed. if I press the accelerator pedal, it immediately picks up and then goes flat - runs out of power - again.... At Jim's advice, I switched out the original A-brain with a never-installed remfg'd Bosch B-brain - Jim also provided me an OG coil to replace my recently purchased Bosch blue coil... no change. At present, I did check the fuel pressure - it was a touch low - I dialed it up to 28 psi from 26 psi. Jim also suggested checking the voltage off the regulator - I misplaced my voltmeter, but I'll find it tomorrow and take a look. Any ideas about what these symptoms might be pointing too? Thanks alot. Mike Smith San Jose, CA 68 Fastback 67 Sunroof Beetle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~