Timing question

stu wrote:
>
> Ok now i'm confused.
> What is the proper timing for a "73 super bug. The manual says 5
> degrees before TDC. But I was looking at the VWhelp.com web page
> about timing and they are talking about 27 degrees to 31 degrees
> BTDC. I have a stock 1600 and a distributor I believe is a 009. It
> has a centrefugial advance. So anyway how does 5 degrees work into
> 27 degrees?
>
>
> Stu
>>>>>>>>>>>> FROM Sean ; There are 2 way,s too time a buggy ? one is
with a test lamp ? <<, Look,s like a ice pick with a wire commin out
of it ? With this tool ya ground wire. Sett the motor at 5 or 7.5 or
10 degrees or the timming mark on OEM pulley . Then turn dizzy till
the light come,s on ? Ok now thing too keep in mind here is that the
OEM pulley or where you time it depend,s on the type of dizzy in the
motor ? <, This is due too the different type,s of vaccum advances
used on the dizzy,s over the year,s ? <, Meaning that if you run a
OEM crank pulley the mark on it could be 2 degree,s BTDC or 5 or 7.5
or 10 ? << In other word,s the crank pulley timming mark,s must
match type of dizzy used ? Now im gettin too that ? LMAO If your
dizzy is a 009 it has no visible vaccum advance on it . < This is
because it is a mechanically advance system of counter weight,s
under the striker plate ? The 009 dizzy time,s at 10 degrees BTDC <
Now in order too time your motor properly you need an OEM crank
pulley with a 10 degree mark or a degree pulley is preferd ? The
reason a degree pulley is preferd too time a 009 dizzy is because
once you establish a rough timming of 10 degree,s you can put a
stroboscopic timming light on the motor at number 1 cylinder? Then
other wires neg and pos ? With motor warmed up using a stoboscopic
timming light you can check that the mechanical advanced 009 dizzy
is timed at 32 degree,s total advance at 3500 RPM ? < Now i urge you
too play with this cause it will help you too understand ? <,
Meaning that a stock OEM motor when reved will plain out at roughly
3500 RPM So once your ear is in tune too where the 3500 rpm is at.
the need for a tachometer too tell you where 3500 rpm is at is
eliminated ? Now another thing you must understand is that because
the 009 dizzy is mechanical advanced dizzy ? It can be few degrees
off . << Due too wear usually lil plastic holder,s break off on the
spring,s under the striker plate etc. So it is reccomended that you
use a stroboscopic timming light and a tachometer , too time it ? I
use a craftsman tach and dwell, voltage meter in one unit like 42
buck,s i think ? And a craftsman stroboscopic timming light . In the
summer i run 28 ta 30 degrees total advance at 3500 rpm ? In winter
i try ta get 31 or 32 degrees total advance at 3500 rpm ? Never
exceed the 32 degrees mark this will cause the motor too run hot ?
And is a slow engine cook ?  Sean