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Re: Specs for recurving dist on 8v ???
Whoa... question mark overload!!
heheh, must be your keyboard
Now, here is a little known fact that I was sworn to secrecy
on.... but I'm willing to face the consequences, just to help you
out. Stock distributors are designed to *advance* the timing as the rpms
go up... this is just a ploy by big brother to make our cars slower.
What you really want to do is *retard* the ignition timing, this will really
make an improvement in how your car runs. Initial timing should be set
around 6 degrees AFTER top dead center, with a maximum of 30 degrees ATDC, which
should all be in by about 3000 rpm. This can be achieved by removing the
vacuum line from the distributor (if your car is so equipped) and instead
plumbing a line that points straight out the front of your grill, inducing a
"RAM AIR" effect. The idea is to pressurize this line instead of
drawing a vacuum....
Hope this helps ;)
John
'87 16v Scirocco
and lots of other stuff
Hello everyone..........even you 16v elitist
SNOBS !!! (hehehehe JK!!) My recently acquired VW mechanic does
recurves. I can get one done for the cost of one hours labour. So, my
question, are there any specs I can pass along that might make it more than
a "here ya go" recurve??? Is there some kind of spec that
can be attached to the recurve final settings?? What is the Euro distributor
curved at??? In case he can duplicate it with my
"spare" dist I will be
using. Thanks
all.