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Package deal, this came off my 1600 that was in my VW Thing. Sold the engine with stock parts, so these are available. I only had these installed for a few hundred miles. Everything shipped to the lower 48 for $150.00. Flame thrower distributor with vac advance #D1865, spark plug wire #40511 & flame thrower coil (3.0ohm). All parts are like new with original packaging and instructions. Paypal prefered
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Make an offer, they're just taking up space
Make an offer, they're just taking up space
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Thanks for the photos, looks like the are in good shape. I am currently running a NON vacuum advance 009 distributer with a Bosch Coil and seem to be working well. I am not sure how to adapt a vacuum advance disty into my system and is that a better functioning disty than a non-vacuum advance version? Is there an advantage other than maybe a hotter spark? Thanks.
Others here can probably chime in with a better understanding of how the vacuum type works, but it's supposed to give you better gas mileage and idling over the mechanical type. You'll need a vacuum port tap on the carb. There's probably one there already that is plugged.
It give better mileage because with more advance at part throttle you can lean the idle circuit(s) in the carb(s) more, generally providing 4-5mpg when at steady throttle (think highway cruising here) conditions.
Thanks all for the feedback, I will have to look and see if my setup could easily adapt to a vacuum advance distributor and then decide.
Dutch, what carbs are you running. The vacuum advance is designed to work with specific carbs, not a universal solution.
FYI, disconnect vacuum to distributor and plug the line(that goes back to carbs/manifold). Set the timing to 28-30 degrees at 3500. Then reconnect the vacuum and set idle speed. Don't worry about the idle advance. That is if you go this route.
