Re: [lro] Update on the "Aardvark"

From: Stephen West-Fisher (steve@coastaldatasystems.com)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 11:43:35 EST

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Patrick Parsons wrote:
> On 12/3/02 3:03 AM, "Stephen West-Fisher" <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Correct me if I'm wrong, I may be confusing vehicles, but doesn't the
>>Lucas distributor fire the cylinders at slightly different times? Not
>>enough to notice a vibration, but enough to change performance and economy?
>
>
> VW Bug? #3 is "retarded" slightly (apparently due to reduced airflow over
> that cylinder) by moving the sparkplug terminal a wee bit.
>
> Maybe?
>

That could be it. I did a lot of work on the aircooled VW engines back
in the early '70s, that may be where my recollection came from.

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