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• Digijet Distributor Questions

  Jay L Snyder · Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:40:26 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  I have an '85 1.9l with the vacuum advance/retard distributor. I realize the two vacuum ports are connected to different sources of...

• advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?

  Damon Campbell · Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:03:07 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Where does it max out at?) * Vacuum advance (one half of the vacuum canister) * Vacuum retard (the other half of the vacuum canister) Static...

• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?

  Old Volks Home · Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:24:36 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Where does it max out > at?) > * Vacuum advance (one half of the vacuum canister) > * Vacuum retard (the other half of the vacuum > canister) > > Static...

• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions

  Coby Smolens · Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:01:47 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...This means that the correct hook up has the advance side of the vacuum advance unit connected ONLY to the throttle body port. It...

• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?

  · Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:49:56 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

  The 009 is a mechanical advance distributor- that means that the advance is strictly determined by how fast the engine turns. The vacuum advance...

• Too much timing advance (revisited)

  Anthony L. Mourkas · Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:57:52 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...I also added below the spec for vacuum advance which appears to be functioning normally. My Haynes manual tells me the distributor is not...

• vacuum tee behind throttle on 1.9L engine (1984)

  John Lauterbach · Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:54:39 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Does leg with restriction go to distributor vacuum advance or does it go to emission control system? Restriction was on side going to vacuum...

• Re: Vacuum Advance/retard Dist. connections?

  Karl Wolz · Fri, 5 May 2000 08:13:44 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Vacuum Advance/retard Dist. connections? > I have been told that I have a Vacuum advance/retard distributor on my engine which was used on...

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• Vacuum advance

  Mechanism that advances the ignition timing based on engine vacuum

• Distributor vacuum advance

  A device that advances the ignition timing in response to vacuum changes in the engine

• DVDA

  Dual Vacuum Dual Advance distributor

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• How Vacuum Advance Works | And Why Your VW Hesitates Without It

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• Vanagon Vacuum Leak

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• Vacuum Advance - How to Test

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• How to set vacuum advance on older cars

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• The Vacuum Advance Debate!

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• Vacuum advance vs Mechanical advance on a VW Engine.

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• Part 2 The Ultimate Vacuum Advance Tuning Guide

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