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Cat > small human. Should have gone to petco. :crx:
Originally Posted by pdexta
(Post 1144381)
We brought this thing home yesterday
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Congrats Scott!
Side note: checked the asphalt temperature in front of my house just now. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...629_155512-png Attachment 116825 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...629_155540-png Attachment 116826 |
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When I was a teenager and knew no better, a popular "upgrade" for the VW Beetle engine was to replace the tired old factory distributor with a Bosch "009", which was a centrifugal-advance-only unit originally intended for stationary industrial engines. No vacuum advance at all.
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...utor-2.jpg&f=1 This was fine for drag racers, but the dumbest thing imaginable on the street. We were literally running full retard all the time, and yet even seemingly knowledgeable shops happily sold and installed these all day long. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1144676)
...the dumbest thing imaginable on the street. We were literally running full retard all the time, and yet even seemingly knowledgeable shops happily sold and installed these all day long.
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I wish that someone back then had taken the time to slap me upside the head and explain to me exactly why vacuum advance was a good thing, and why I was a compleat idiot for mindlessly following the crowd and bolting parts to my car without actually understanding their function.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1144676)
When I was a teenager and knew no better, a popular "upgrade" for the VW Beetle engine was to replace the tired old factory distributor with a Bosch "009", which was a centrifugal-advance-only unit originally intended for stationary industrial engines. No vacuum advance at all.
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...utor-2.jpg&f=1 This was fine for drag racers, but the dumbest thing imaginable on the street. We were literally running full retard all the time, and yet even seemingly knowledgeable shops happily sold and installed these all day long. Stupid green car taught me things though. and since people still are like "bosch 009 FTW LOLOLOL" try finding a vacuum advance dist. for a decent price. Then, I bought the 300 or what ever dollar Mallory...and it didnt fit. Thats when I decided to really say screw that car. Attachment 184857 pic for reference |
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1144702)
I was a compleat idiot for mindlessly following the crowd and bolting parts to my car without actually understanding their function.
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Originally Posted by golftdibrad
(Post 1144731)
Thats when I decided to really say screw that car.
Years later, I figured out what 009s were good for. Lock down the advance mechanism, replace the points with a twin-sensor optical plate (like a 4G63 CAS) and connect a MS to it.
Originally Posted by sixshooter
(Post 1144734)
Is your name Stoly?
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 1144749)
Did you wind up selling it?
Years later, I figured out what 009s were good for. Lock down the advance mechanism, replace the points with a twin-sensor optical plate (like a 4G63 CAS) and connect a MS to it. I fried a MS trying to get some programmable timing on that thing. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1404214621 |
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Pop Country really sucks |
great album
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