The power curve for a 009 is usually described as more "performance 
oriented": perhaps slightly earlier advance for better acceleration at 
the expense of slight (theroretical?) engine degredation. I doubt most of 
us would notice it....

Also, I was not referring to firing order, but rather firing *position* 
on the distributor cap.

Specifically, is the scratch on your distributor (that is supposed to 
mark #1 firing position) a few degrees *clockwise* or *counter-clockwise* 
of the notch that has to line up with the distributor cap ???

Also, adjusting valves is very important if you change the firing 
position such that #3 fires at the point where you had adjusted #1...
And BTW, our FI computers don't play with spark advance, but I'm 
considering installing a CDI module to do just that...

Hey WAIT A MINUTE ! If I install one of those CDI modules in my faulty 
distributor, it won't matter if the little centrifugal weights are 
advancing the timing correctly! I don't need to replace my distributor...

Boy, am I slow. So, is this a classic case of me talking enough that I solve 
my own problem? Comments please....

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Morris Arthur < morris_arthur@unc.edu >
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, harmon seaver wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 08:23:30 -0700 (MST)
> From: harmon seaver <hseaver@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
> To: marthur@gibbs.oit.unc.edu
> Cc: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
> 
> Wait, wait, wait -- you sound majorly confused. First off, I don't notice 
> any  power curve problem with my 009 in my '73 w/'81 engine, nor did I in 
> my '69 bus w/1600 engine (1750cc actually) --- secondly, there can't 
> possibly be a difference in firing order, or the thing wouldn't run. 
> Thirdly, valve settings have absolutely nothing to do with it. 
>    However, I don't know that the 009 is going to work real well with 
> fuel injection, since the FI computer will want to alter the spark advnce 
> as well as the fuel delivery. Perhaps someone has tried it, and it 
> doesn't significantly matter. I'd try it. 
> 
> -- 
> Harmon Seaver
> hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu
> seaverh@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
> hseaver@csd.uwm.edu
> 
>     All is impermanent, but this too shall pass away, and the way of the
> Samurai is death --- so speak your mind now, or forever hold your peace!
>