Mystery Distributor - What is this?

ernieballbass

hey all,

my grandfather sent me this for christmas. unfortunately we have a little bit of a language barrier and he is not much of a mechanic. all i could gather was that it was from a Suzuki and that he ran it on his bug.

it looks like a vw drive and shaft though. obviously, it is electronic. i don't see any markings other than the WP.

does anyone know what distributor this is? and if so, would it work on a stock 1600cc with dual solex carbs?

here are the pics

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thanks in advance,
chris

miniman82 · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:48 pm Post subject:

Something from Japan that has been modified to work on a VW. Nissan?
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ernieballbass · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:01 pm Post subject:

I took it to a discountautoparts and the guy knew exactly what it was. Turns out it's from a Suzuki Samari 1.0L. I even bought a new cap and rotor for it. He had never seen it modified to fit a vw before.

I guess I have a neat little ditributor. If it works well, I may go into business with it lol.

Chris
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volkyoo · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:31 pm Post subject:

over here (Dominican Republic) some guys ride with those type of ignitions(avoiding the hazzle with points and cond.) and they just change the lower part of the shaft ( the pinion that engage on the drive pinion) not the complete shaft.
they work , i mean the car starts and all that but im not sure about the advance and all that, i drove my friends car with a toyota ignition on it that he felt the car was a ROCKET and all that i could feel was it was ALWAYS out of time (sorry dont know if its the right term) it started the engine ok, in hot started ok too but it was allways detonating, and felt like if it started making any advance at 38-4000 rpms in a 1600 cc stock engine!

gearhead91 · Samba Member Joined: May 02, 2010 Posts: 57

you said your running dual solex carbs, are they modified for a vacuum advance distributor? with dual carbs its usually better to run a centrifugal advancing distributor then a vacuum advancing. also like volkyoo said look out for the advance curve it may not be ideal for your engine. id talk to glenn hes the distributor man here and can tell ya if itll work well or not and he may even have a nice distributor in stock that would be perfect for your engine combo. just my 2 cents worth.

tncsparky · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject:

Best idea would be to ship it to Glen and he can post what the curve is
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Glenn · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject:

volkyoo · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject:

GLENN
have you ever checked or have any idea how should be the advance curve in a distributor like this?
i always been curious about this type of distributor, from japanese watercooled cars...

mark tucker · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

Glenn · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject:

Glenn · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject:

ernieballbass · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

ernieballbass · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:51 pm Post subject:

Glenn · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject:


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