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- From: etxcjog@eos.ericsson.se (Christer Jogenborn)
- Subject: Re: recurved distributor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.172150.28178@ericsson.se>
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- Organization: Ericsson
- References: <milo-230193130636@mielo.dorm.rutgers.edu> <6298@comton.airs.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:21:50 GMT
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- andrew@airs.com (Andrew Evans) writes:
-
- >milo@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jim mielo) writes:
-
- >> I'm looking for a simple bolt on item to increase my cars performance.
- >>I was wondering if any one has purchased/used a recurved distributor and
- >>what their results were.
- You will problably not notice any increase of HP on a rolling-road test
- but there will be a little difference if "rallying" on a curved track
- with and without the recurved dizzy. Not all subjective results but
- this is what it will do, a smaller difference.
- Intermittent throttle = small difference
- Constant throttle = no diff.
- ....well
- hejd}/Chris
- >I don't think that putting a different distributor in your car is the
- >way to go. The Digifant computer adjusts the ignition timing
- >electronically, and it has a knock sensor so it can reduce the
- >ignition advance if the engine starts to ping. You need this with
- >10:1 compression and pump gas. There might be someone who sells a
- >"performance chip" for your car with more aggressive ignition curves,
- >just like a mechanically recurved distributor. Maybe Autothority or
- >Neuspeed have one.
-
- >> Any other bolt on things would also be helpful. I presently have a
- >>leistritz exhaust K&N air filter and splitfire plug.
-
- >Anybody put one of the performance cams into a Digifant 8V GTI?
-
- >--
- >Andrew Evans (andrew@airs.com) - Infinity Development Systems - Waltham, MA
-