Hi

Have bought a 009 dizzy, and fitted a compufire kit into it, will be installing it this weekend, and wanted to know how to go about setting the timing.

Is it as per normal? (1300 F series engine is 7.5 BTDC)

1.How do I static time with the compufire?

2.Is all in the better way to go? and how do I tell if its all in with a standard pulley?

Its probably not as hard as i'm making it out to be in my head but I just thought I get some help.

Cheers

Hi

I dont think you cant static time with electronic ignition, never tried it.

You could safely run about 10 BTDC, measure your pulley circumference then divide by 360, then multply by 23.5 to get a 30 BTDC marking.

Steve

Hope you marked, or will mark, the crank pulley at the FULL advance point (use the timing light) BEFORE removing the old distributor, Shaun. You can the set the 009 to the mark. Didn't take long to make the decision to change to the 009.

Cheers, Greg

Well I thought the 009 can be used on anything after changing from stock so it was sooner or later.

I'll be sure to mark the full advance point before starting the removal, I'll see how I go.

Cheers

Shaun

I often static time my 009 with a compufire ignition - no problem. Seems exactly the same as points, except you don't have to set the points gap first.

Hi lee

Yeah the drivability isn't a concern the motor is pretty much driven flat out of not driven at all... it's becoming a race car.

Jeff, do you use a test light to set it statically?

Cheers

Shaun

http://www.vw-resource.com/timing_discussion.html 

best link for timing, and alot of things actually!

http://www.hot-spark.com/Hot-Spark-009-VW-Type-I-Pulley-Degree-Template.pdf 

nice template for finding the degrees on the pulley

Jeff,
Since there may be many variations in your distributor setup (centrifugal weights, spring tensions, limit stops etc. etc.) static timing is only the start point of total advance - real total advance will only be determined when the centrifugal operation is fully extended as X000 RPM. Indeed, varying the wieghts, adjusting the springs etc. is exactly the mechanism used to tune the advance curve of a mechanical distributor, so a 'tuned' 009 will have different curve and possibly a different total advance to a 'standard' 009. At 5000 RPM, your engine no longer cares what the static timing was, it only sees the total advance. So timing with a light will allow you to set maximum total advance accurately, whereas static timing only determines the starting point.

With vacumm advance distributors things get a bit more complex as manifold vacuum is overlayed on the centrifugal advance system, but that is not an issue with 009s.

hth