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Subject:Re: GAUGES
From:1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
Date:Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:08:00 -0500

This may be a silly question but would this work if I had Petrtronix points
/ Electronic Ignition?

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario,
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Mullendore" <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: GAUGES

> Scott,
>
> Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects
> the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll have to locate the part #,
> but as far as I know they are still available.
>
> Karl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Re GAUGES,  I am wondering if anyone knows of a tach or tach add on that
> would buzz or issue some other warning if a certain RPM limit was
> exceeded???  Every once in a while, my van gets driven by a non-VW person
> (heaven forbid).  Instead of being paranoid about the natural tendency to
> over-rev the engine by such drivers, I would love to have some device that
> would do this 'monitoring.'
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
>