VW ENGINE IGNITION - Points Condenser - Pointless - electronic Ignition - Tips and tricks

FYI I have as much as 10,000 miles on my EMPI modules. on several different cars. all running bosch coils. Plus ones I have sold and the only one that I had problems with was in the camper van which I changed out. After I changed it out I found out that there was a bad connection at the coil which I think was the real problem with it. So basically I have had no problems YET....I am still holding an additional one in the glove box. I have not seen too many problems with the China caps.....BUT the rotors I have seen burn through....All my cars have the bosch rotors on them. too.

For vacuum advance distributors, my bus has a shorter chubby type,..my ghia’s is a bit taller…r they interchamgeable? And also, the round vacuum canister, 1 has 1 port, the other has 2 ports…

I've been running the empi accu-fire for 3 months now. I put about 200 miles a week on my baja. So far, I'm a fan but I do keep my old 009 ready to install if it goes bad.

I have a pertronix that is about 10 years old that still works fine. However, in the last 2 years I bought a new pertronix unit on 2 different occasions, both of them didn’t last a week. Pertronix is hit and miss. I just installed the new Pat Downs performance distributor yesterday and it’s a night and day difference. It seems to run a lot smoother at idle than the 009 with pertronix , timing set exactly the same. I’m hoping the pat downs distributor lasts longer lol

Great video Mike! My 64 bug with a 1385cc has a 6V Pertronix Coil, Pertronix 6v Ignition Module & Pertronix vacuum advance distributor. Runs much better than with points.

I am going to try a film capacitor (R75UR32204040J) and will see how it goes. I am going to pot it into a box slightly larger and attach it somehow to the outside of the distributor.

wanted to sample a amazon (white box) compufire copy. 10 miles or so in, it fried. went back to my old 1980's perlux which has 10's of thousands of miles on it.

Keep them videos coming🤙🏽

What's your feedback on using a MSD ignition box, with a stock distributor or aftermarket distributor?

Thanks Straight Ahead ✌😎

I have a 1600dp with dual 40's.. and had a really bad dead-spot.. When I swaped out to the MagnaSpark, it was amazing.. the dead-spot was gone and It felt as if I gained 10 HP. The motor fired up on the first click.. of all the mod's i've done to my motor.. This ranks #1... 2nd mod was electric fuel pump.. Worth every penny!!

Hey mike great job
Can u link the part number for the pointless ignition system

Hello Mike, another great video my friend. I have just completed testing of ten different samples of condensers from Standard, Empi, Bosch, and an unlabeled supplier that sells 5 condensers for about 14 bucks on eBay. Every condenser came out to .19uF and every one was silver. I really like the 5 for 14 bucks on eBay where you can keep a few in your glovebox or your on the road toolbox. Standard seems to last the longest probably because they have.....standards? I will let you know how long they last. I am using these for my 1970 Porsche as well as my Lincwelder 225 and my Miller Bobcat 225 along with my XS650 bobber. With the way they responded to the testing, I believe all of them should last for a while.I will let you know when the first one fails.

Great info, really nice 👍

Really really great tech video. So much good info right here

Saying a component is Chinese is useless information. Sharing the name of the company that sells Chinese crap is useful.

Pertronix has a 6v distributor available.

Hey sir, I have a question I’m running a 1679 (88) heads with dual 40s idf genuine webers. I’m getting a good idle with the jets at 55. But it’s bogging down during gear transition. Im running (115) main… do I need to change the main jets. What do you prefer for 1679cc . Any help is appreciated

Red flag “Technology made in Germany” doesn’t mean the product is. Sort of like the “designed in USA or Germany, etc”. All this stuff is probably low quality Chinese and they HIDE IT!

Hey Mike ! In the early 90s you could get a .009 knockoff with cap rotor and points condenser complete ! for the low cost of 17.50 cents . It would cost 25 to get just the tune up in Bosch parts . Now if you use points NAPA has them in their heavy duty ones that seem to act OK. On .009s every couple of years it's good to check if the swing is still moving they will get dust in them and stick on full swing or not swing .