 Distributor Recommendation for 2056 w/ Carbs |
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| andrewvolsen |
 Nov 9 2026, 01:06 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 6-December 09 From: Santa Barbara Member No.: 11,099 Region Association: Central California  |
I am working on rebuilding the carbs and tuning the engine in my '74. What I know (or was told) about it:
From what I've gathered reading other carb and ignition tuning threads on this forum, the 009 is not considered a good distributor for this engine. I have a big box of stock 914 distributors to choose from - which one would be a good choice? |
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| emerygt350 |
Nov 9 2026, 03:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,817 Joined: 20-July 21 From: Upstate, NY Member No.: 25,740 Region Association: North East States |
Wasn't there two 009s? The Volkswagen one was a dog but the one on the 914 was good? I remember reading that somewhere....
" Look at the VW number to see if its for a 2.0l 914 as it starts with 039 and will have a vacuum canister on it. This is not the crappy 009 distributor sold at every VW hotrod shop. It will have the FI trigger points in it, the carb dizzy do not. Geoff " |
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| Superhawk996 |
Nov 9 2026, 03:21 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,177 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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QUOTE(emerygt350 @ Nov 9 2026, 05:09 PM)  Wasn't there two 009s? The Volkswagen one was a dog but the one on the 914 was good? I remember reading that somewhere.... Yes - but in this case OP said he has a new aftermarket 009. Unfortunately these are still sold as the hot ticket when converting to carbs . . . 40 years later (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I fell for that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) once when I was 20 back when I thought whatever was written in Hot VW’s magazine was gospel. School of hard knocks. Here is the full Bosch part number from 914 you’re thinking of.  |
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andrewvolsen Distributor Recommendation for 2056 w/ Carbs Nov 9 2026, 01:06 PM
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