[T3] Ignition Questions.

[jeffrey gunnarson]

Looks like a petronix
On Jun 14, 2015 6:22 PM, "Craigs List" <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com> wrote:

> Crew,
>
> This weekend has been a blast. The old car is running really good, but I
> felt like it was missing at low RPM. Just a gentle loss of power....an
> intermittent miss..at low RPM.
>
> The first thing I did was replace the coil wire and the #2 spark plug wire.
> The #2 has tape on one section leading me to believe it might have been
> bleeding spark to cause the miss.  I have a full of new plug wires at hand,
> but the new set is made for plugs without the tips on them. The set on the
> car are for plugs with the tips screwed on, so I have to remove all of the
> plugs. Replacing the two wires helped, but it wasn't 100%.
>
> Next, I pulled the distributor cap off. I was told I had electronic
> ignition and I wanted to see what kind. I'm glad I did because it made me
> realize the distributor cap positioning indention was rounded off on the
> cap. You could move the cap when it was supposed to be set in position.
> Easy enough, I have 2 extra distributors in the tool box under the hood.
> Got that swapped out.
>
> Since I did that, I threw the timing light on. I can tell the advance
> works, but I cannot time it. Seems that the cheap ass timing light I have
> decided to quit working. It still blinks, but I cannot adjust to see how
> much advance I am getting at full advance. Thanks Harbor Freight. :)
>
> So I took it for a drive to see what the butt dyno tells me. I think I am
> all good.
>
> Can anyone tell me what ignition I have?
>
> http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1364190.jpg
>
> The dizzy is a Chinese 009. That might have to go, but it runs fine for
> now. Why mess with it?
>
> What ignition setups are you guys running? I'm asking those with non-stock
> setups. My long-term plan is going full EFI on this one. I like to mess
> around, so I might have an 100 iterations on the way to getting there. :)
>
> Adam
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