Bosch 009/050 points and condensor, what to buy? Options

[bbrock]

I need to get a set of points and condenser for a Bosch 050 dizzy. It looks like the correct points (Bosch 01 030) have been NLA for a long time and even old stock has dried up. 01 011 (I believe these are the same as used in most stock 914 dizzies) will work and are available. So which condenser to get? I'm assuming Bosch 02 054 (also stock 914 part) to match the points rather than 02 086 which was original for these centrifugal dizzies. I'm also guessing it really doesn't matter, but what use is having access to the world's greatest 914 brain trust if you don't use it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[MarkV]

I think you will find that the advance curve on a 050 is not going to work very well on a carbed 914. The car will run but only marginally well. There will be a flat spot in off the line acceleration. You can adjust the flat spot out but then the total advance is all wrong. In fact I don't think any of the Bosch distributors will work as well as a properly set up aftermarket distributor. If you can find an old Mallory dual point distributor and convert it to a Pertronix II the car will run completely different. The Mallory has a user adjustable total advance setting and with the proper advance springs the curve is pretty perfect. The Mallory also has a bigger cap with more space between the wire lugs and more robust bearings.

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[bbrock]

I think you will find that the advance curve on a 050 is not going to work very well on a carbed 914. The car will run but only marginally well. There will be a flat spot in off the line acceleration. You can adjust the flat spot out but then the total advance is all wrong. In fact I don't think any of the Bosch distributors will work as well as a properly set up aftermarket distributor. If you can find an old Mallory dual point distributor and convert it to a Pertronix II the car will run completely different. The Mallory has a user adjustable total advance setting and with the proper advance springs the curve is pretty perfect. The Mallory also has a bigger cap with more space between the wire lugs and more robust bearings.

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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I only put the 050 in to troubleshoot ignition issues. The 050 is now int he car with the Pertronix III unit and is running fine, but like you said, has the characteristic flat spot off idle that I think any centrifugal advance dizzy is going to have. After trouble shooting, I decided to order an SVDA dizzy and will transfer the Pertronix to it when it arrives. People on The Samba seem to be pretty happy with them.

This started with my experimenting with my stock 2L dizzy with the FI trigger points blocked off to see how it would work. I actually think a stock dizzy would work pretty well, but it appears mine has more issues than the thorough cleaning and relubricating I gave it could fix.