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help with my addiction



Is the two vacuum port setup the vacuum retard system like my old 83 Rabbit
used to have?
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Berk" <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Steve Lewis" <stevearino54@hotmail.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: help with my addiction


> Steve Lewis wrote:
>
> > well guys im falling on my knees and begging for help or mercy from the
> > vw god or the scirocco gods. my 82 scirocco came to my with a puny(i
> > think thats how you spell it)1.7.
> <snip>
> > one although had a very low mileage 1.8l jh
> > motor. i swapped it in
> <snip>
> > i used
> > the old fuel dizzy,lines,throttle body,and exhaust. i switched to the
> > shrouded injectors as mine were drippng when hot. the questions are what
> > the hell is that little vacuum hose from the back of the head at #4
> > cylinder do?
>
> That is the air feed for the Shrouded Injectors.  I have a small hose
> connecting it to the valve cover's crank case vent on top. (On my
> valve cover I have a large and small metal port.)
>
>
> > Now i have the 1.7 advance?retard distributor in there and
> > have the retard plugged. no the car is f!@#@# slower than ever before
> > and sometimes feels like it has a slight miss. the question here is do i
> > put on the vacuum advance from the old 1.8 dis or do i get the whole 1.8
> > distibutor.
>
> So, does the 1.7 Dist have ONE or TWO vacuum ports? If two then the
> one nearest the battery goes _before_ the throttle assemble and the
> one towards the timing belt gets plugged in _downstream_ of the
> throttle butterflys, Intake Manifold side.
>
> (I can send a diagram if you'd like.)
>
> Try hooking up the hose and see what it acts like.
>
>
> TBerk
>
>
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