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Paulfive5
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 Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: Distributor questions |
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| Not to open a can of worms or anything, but what distributor should I be shopping for? I have a vacuum advance that came with the engine case from a EFI car, but the vacuum diaphram hits the single carb manifold that I've installed. I'm starting with a 30 PICT carb, but hope to move to a Holly two barrel at some point. I"m currently leaning towards a mechanical advance distrubutor with electronic points. This is on a dune buggy that really won't be too performance oriented. |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Get a Bosch Mexican vacuum/mechanical distributor from aircooled.net.
And forget the Holly 2 barrel, they don't work well on VW engines.
If you want a purely mechanical, then get a Bosch 019, it's much better than the Chinese 009 knockoffs.
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cmiller95
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vwracerdave
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Distributor questions |
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| Paulfive5 wrote: |
| This is on a dune buggy that really won't be too performance oriented. |
If this is a street legal fiberglass dunebuggy for street driving then get the SVDA from aircooled.net as mentioned. If this is an off road sand buggy and will never be driven on the street then go to a swap meet and buy a used genuine Bosch German 009.
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fivelugshortaxle
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not to bring up a disagreement but,  i have a bugspray on my sandrail and it runs way better than the stock 30 pict did. |
He said holley 2 barrell....bugspray is one barrell
And no....the holley 2 barrell doesn't work well
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Glenn
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| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
He said holley 2 barrell....bugspray is one barrell
And no....the holley 2 barrell doesn't work well |
Ed Zackerly.
(019 is better than 009) 
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DarthWeber
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
| ....bugspray is one barrell |
Are you sure there 5Lug? 
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| Swapped the Compufire for a Bosch blue and some points I had sitting around, started 1st crank. Took her out for a drive, pulls harder, more RPM, and runs smoother. I think I'll be sticking with points from now on. |
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JB weld the case halves....that'll keep the fretting to a minimum.  |
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Glenn
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| DarthWeber wrote: |
| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
| ....bugspray is one barrell |
Are you sure there 5Lug? |
I stand corrected.
But I was thinking Weber Progressive.
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RockCrusher
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I've never looked at a bugspray up close and personal but that one in the picture looks like a 2 barrel.....two main jet access screws in the bowl but a single inlet throat and single bowl vent like a rochester or carter 2 barrel.
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fivelugshortaxle
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| RockCrusher wrote: |
| I've never looked at a bugspray up close and personal but that one in the picture looks like a 2 barrel.....two main jet access screws in the bowl but a single inlet throat and single bowl vent like a rochester or carter 2 barrel. |
Single throat...single barrell......am I wrong on this line of thinking? And to the guy who says the bugspray works well....yes, they're awesome....had one on my first bug, a 1972 super when I was 16....
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Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
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Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
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RockCrusher
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| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
| RockCrusher wrote: |
| I've never looked at a bugspray up close and personal but that one in the picture looks like a 2 barrel.....two main jet access screws in the bowl but a single inlet throat and single bowl vent like a rochester or carter 2 barrel. |
Single throat...single barrell......am I wrong on this line of thinking? And to the guy who says the bugspray works well....yes, they're awesome....had one on my first bug, a 1972 super when I was 16.... |
It has one CHOKE butterfly but 2 main jets. 2 jets means 2 barrels. They are very old skool design and that's basically what all 2 barrel carbs looked like back in the 60's and 70's
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fivelugshortaxle
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| RockCrusher wrote: |
| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
| RockCrusher wrote: |
| I've never looked at a bugspray up close and personal but that one in the picture looks like a 2 barrel.....two main jet access screws in the bowl but a single inlet throat and single bowl vent like a rochester or carter 2 barrel. |
Single throat...single barrell......am I wrong on this line of thinking? And to the guy who says the bugspray works well....yes, they're awesome....had one on my first bug, a 1972 super when I was 16.... |
It has one CHOKE butterfly but 2 main jets. 2 jets means 2 barrels. |
Never knew that!.......learn something on here every ten minutes, I think....thanks for the info....
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2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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DarthWeber
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| Swapped the Compufire for a Bosch blue and some points I had sitting around, started 1st crank. Took her out for a drive, pulls harder, more RPM, and runs smoother. I think I'll be sticking with points from now on. |
| RockCrusher wrote: |
| JB weld the case halves....that'll keep the fretting to a minimum. |
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fivelugshortaxle
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..........and there they are...thanks for the close-up, Darth
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2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:23 am Post subject: |
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 When first starting to work on bugs in 68-9 had a 40 HP case with a 83 BB kit and a Holly bug spray #300 on a split intake manifold. Two mixture screws and easy to adjust compared to the Zenith with the screws towards the fan housing. Dual cannon exhaust that gave a mellow sound all inside a New dunebuggy I built from a 60 bug...shortened chassis and all.
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sactojesse
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| RockCrusher wrote: |
| It has one CHOKE butterfly but 2 main jets. 2 jets means 2 barrels. They are very old skool design and that's basically what all 2 barrel carbs looked like back in the 60's and 70's |
Yup, e.g., Zenith 32 NDIX.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| So your diaphragm hits the manifold. Rotate it 90 degrees and re-index your plug wires. |
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