Aaron,

I use MSD Pro Billet Dist PN 8485 in my sedan( Along with other MSD products). I adjusted my mechanical advance the hard way.

I initially set the dist up with MSD's Advance locked out. I locked out the timing all together to find the best timing setting at idle speed. For

my particular engine it's 11 Degrees at idle.

I all ready knew that my engine ran best with a total advance of 36 degrees so I subtracted 11 from 36 and got 25 degrees. This happens to be

the setting if the Silver advance stop bushing ( Lucky me!) not all engines will be this easy.

With that out of the way, I went ahead and installed the Advance weight springs. I started with one heavy Silver & one Light Silver ( in the

middle of MSD's chart). Then I drove the car hard and timed the run. Now with a time i chanced to the next lighter spring in MSD's list (

Faster advance) and then did anither run. I did this 7 times before I was sasistified that i was in the running.

I wound up using one Blue spring & one light silver spring for my advance weights.

Yours will be along the same lines as mine in the setup dept ( Unless you have access to a DYNO).

Just keep in mind most VW's don't like more than 15 Degrees of inital Timing @ idle speeds( More than that causes hard starting) & the total

advance is usually around 32-38 Degrees Total in at 3000-3500 RPM. Any more than that & you'll burn up the engine!

If you're running Boost & or Nitrous you have a whole different set of rules to go by. These type of engines use Way less total timing (28

Degrees & less are common here).

Cheers,

Dave.

Nor-Cal Vw's