Jose Antonio Madriz writes:
> 
> "... a period of hesitation after you've pushed down on the
> accelerator to speed up the car...". The only thing is that, as far as
> i know, the '73 1700cc engine doesn't have a heat riser... I did make
> sure that the engine had been tuned and the accelerator pump was
> working. Any hints on this?? I've heard of a device that could be
> attached to the carburator to provide additional heating... can anyone 
> expand on this as to where to obtain it and how helpful it is??

I would bet money that your problem is the distributor.  I had the same
symptoms when I had the 009 in my '73.  I put the stock vacuum advance/
retard unit back in and it runs like a million bucks.

A wise person once said, "Don't second guess the VW engineers".  I'm not
sure that's always true, but in this case, it is.  Having a vacuum
canister on your distributor is not going to rob you of power!

-David

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David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
San Diego  (Actually La Mesa)      '72 VW Westfalia Camper      (Da Project)
California, USA                    '73 Capri GT 2800            (Da Beast)
e-mail: des@teleport.com           '87 Mustang Lx 5.0           (14.17@99.34)
http://www.teleport.com/~des       '93 Weber WG-50              (Da Piano)
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