help with my addiction

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Steve Lewis wrote:

> well guys im falling on my knees and begging for help or mercy from the 
> vw god or the scirocco gods. my 82 scirocco came to my with a puny(i 
> think thats how you spell it)1.7. 
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> one although had a very low mileage 1.8l jh 
> motor. i swapped it in 
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> i used 
> the old fuel dizzy,lines,throttle body,and exhaust. i switched to the 
> shrouded injectors as mine were drippng when hot. the questions are what 
> the hell is that little vacuum hose from the back of the head at #4 
> cylinder do?

That is the air feed for the Shrouded Injectors.  I have a small hose 
connecting it to the valve cover's crank case vent on top. (On my 
valve cover I have a large and small metal port.)


> Now i have the 1.7 advance?retard distributor in there and 
> have the retard plugged. no the car is f!@#@# slower than ever before 
> and sometimes feels like it has a slight miss. the question here is do i 
> put on the vacuum advance from the old 1.8 dis or do i get the whole 1.8 
> distibutor. 

So, does the 1.7 Dist have ONE or TWO vacuum ports? If two then the 
one nearest the battery goes _before_ the throttle assemble and the 
one towards the timing belt gets plugged in _downstream_ of the 
throttle butterflys, Intake Manifold side.

(I can send a diagram if you'd like.)

Try hooking up the hose and see what it acts like.


TBerk