[T3] short distr cap

crash 69 dhbadeer at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 08:07:10 PDT 2011


Jim,

I've got the angled ones already and they work well.  Thanks.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 18 Jul 2011 at 18:05, crash 69 wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've read this in other forums as well.  Since I don't know the
> exact
> > displacement of my engine, how do I determine the best distributor
> option?
> >  We're guessing it's around 1915cc or so, based on how it drives.  I've
> gone
> > through the Weber 44 idf carbs and it runs very smoothly now, so I'm
> afraid
> > to change anything.  No flat spot, no hesitation and no hiccups.  Having
> > said that, I'm always open to improvements................
> >
> > I'm averaging about 22 mpg, which I think is reasonable for my situation.
>
> If it all seems to be working well now, then the only thing you might
> want to consider would be to make sure you have the right angle
> connectors for the SP wires to the top of the dist cap. Otherwise,
> the wires will stick up too far and wear thru the engine cover
> insulation, and eventually thru the SP wire insulation.
>
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