Hi guy. Just wondering what is the best dizzy to use with a 30/31pict carb. Vacuum advance or mechanical.

i don't know

about the 30/31 pict

but I know that the SVDA Distributor won't work with a 30/31 PICT as there isn't enough vacuum.....

I wouldn't recommend a 009 distributor...

what size engine are you running? 1200 or 1300 ??

not a lot of 30/31 PICT carbies around these days..

cheers

LEE

they are very small carburetors..

You could fit a larger carby like a 34 PICT and then use an SVDA

single vacuum Dual advance distributor...

You can pick up 34 PICT carbies just about anywhere these days

Lee

PS:" I believe the original distributor for a 30/31 PICT would have been a vacuum only distributor..
Lee

I have 2 of the 30/31 carbs. One is on a 1500sp with mechanical advance and the other is on a 1600sp with vacuum advance. Just trying to figure out which way to go for the 1600 that is going into the Baja I am building and the other can go into the Beetle that I am going to flog off as I don't need it now.

Dan, The 019 Mechanical Advance is hard to beat for all Dubs, other than red hot racing. This was the standard distributor for the 36hp Kombi. Also a slightly upgraded version of it, the BR 18, was standard on the 1600 engined Porsche 356s.

For many years, a repackaged version of it, painted Hammertone Light Blue and packaged with a Hi-Output 6 Volt Coil was marketed as the cool power upgrade for ALL T1 Dubs, called "THE BLUE SCREAMER" - How could anyone possibly resist that? The blue painted ones still sell at a premium whenever they hit eBay.


Here are x2 sites that should give you all of the info that you need:

http://www.vintagewerks.com/Distributors/dist%204%20sale.html#BOSCH%20Distrib...

Distributor specs here, so that you can compare various types.


Also:

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/electrical/electrical_common/distr...

Where they also include the VW PartNumbers for the various consumables for each Distributor type.



You may have noticed that the 009 (all versions) is not mentioned by either of these expert sites who obviously know their bananas. This alone gives them credibility.

Be careful when buying a USED distributor of any type - they have been replaced for some reason - usually worn out. Their used price should take into account, that you will need to replace the worn out bits (springs etc) before plugging it in.

Happy hunting,
Lance.

Thanks for the help guys. I have decided to go electronic and lose the points. This will be better in the long run with water proofing the engine.

No dizzy is the best dizzy

but thats just my opinion.

Just a quick question. What's wrong with the 009 as that's what came with my car 1200cc, 29 pict. Never seemed to be an issue before motor re-build.

Mike

The 009 is one of the biggest can of worms for early VW's.

Personally they aren't worth the hassle unless you get an original Bosch 009 cos the new brazilian ones are just crap.

Anyhow, the main thing is that the 009 is mech advance and so can/will suffer from flatspots between 1500-2500rpm. This is just cos the mech dizzy has to catch up with the throttle position whereas a vac dizzy is almost instantaneous response.

By playing with jet sizes and mech advance spring strengths you can make a 009 work pretty darned well but most still find the lower revs not as responsive as a vac advance.

I'd never use a 009 again as altho i got it to work well it was a lot of fiddling with the advance springs.

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Originally posted by vlad01 No dizzy is the best dizzy but thats just my opinion.

Very interesting. My 1641 has a little flat spot roughly 1500rpm and then pulls fine so that would answer that!! Any way a few years ago well 10 to be exact when I restored my first Kombi I was encouraged to buy a 009 over the vacuum advance in there but never got round to it.

I will be doing away with the dizzy for my lowlight though when the 1641 goes into that as my 009 goes with the1200cc motor.

All that said thankyou for your input.

Mike

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Originally posted by Joel Quote: Originally posted by vlad01 No dizzy is the best dizzy but thats just my opinion. So true. It's surprising how cheap the coil pack kits have gotten for VWs now, the Pertonix Dis-x is only around $350 these days. Car manufacturers dumped distributors for coil packs 2 decades ago, the aftermarket vw world is only just catching up. 009s were never intended for road engines, they were for stationary industrial motors and drag cars both which only have to idle and flat bicky. Because of this they are incredibly simple to manufacture and that means cheap cost and cheap is VW owners favorite word, so millions of VWs have been fitted with them over the years as the vac advances dissys wore out. So many people especially 1600 owners have bought the car that way and have no idea how much better they run with a vac advance. My first 71 Sbug came with a brazillian 009 and after a I refurbished the stock SVDA it was a totally different animal, couldnt believe the difference, too bad I totalled it 2 weeks later. The early splitties came with a dissy similar to a 009 which worked well but that's cos they were driven like a drag car... ie flat to the floor or get out and walk. You can frig around rejetting and modding the carb to make a 009 work (mainly on 1600s) but it's putting a bandaid on a broken leg, you'll get rid of the flat spot and get ok acceleration but at a cost of good economy and engine lifespan.

009's suck balls. Ford used em on the UK mk4/5 Cortina but the ecu had a vac sensor to change the timing. Weird little hybrid system but it worked OK.

Vac dizzy will always beat a pure mech dizzy. Modern engine management use manifold pressure as just part of it's system and this does the same job as a vac can.

My opinion of course but the 009 was just a clever marketing idea that people bought into that had little or no knowledge of how an engine works. Say the words 'performance' and 'extra BHP' and the sheep will buy them. Bit like the iPad being the next best thing with no USB connection, no memory expandability, etc etc etc.

Exactly!

That is what I have been telling people for years about the suckiness of the 009. But NOOoooo, does anyone listen?

What about that huge Datsun dizzy that some people on here promote ??

A few people have modded Camira and Magna distributors to VW but I've not heard of datto ones either??


There is a carbed model of Volvo 240 in the late 70s that had an Sbug dissy but with factory electronic ignition on it think it was a 242? wasn't real common cos they were nearly all injected.
Still never found one at a wreckers yet.

My Exs E31 318i had one too, ment to pull it out one day see if the drive cog and shaft length was the same.




That car had lots of VW parts in it, guess the boys down the road at Munich were shopping at the same Supercheap as the Wolfsburg boys.
Look familiar to anyone??