What carb and dizzy on your 1200

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What carb and dizzy on your 1200

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What carburettor have you got on your 1200 stock engine, and what Dizzy
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What are you doing to Your engine?
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Zenith 32 two barrel and a 050.
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Bug-Eyed wrote:What are you doing to Your engine?
Nothing just wondered what a good combination would be? with different carbs
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I just noticed you said stock 1200 engine. What I gave before was on a 1776 with a cam and headwork. Back when we raced with 1200cc (40HP) we could run nothing larger than a 30 PICT as required by class rules. We were also able to add a cam to our liking.

The class we ran was "D" Class also known as "Bomber" Class where we ran stock VW bodies, pans, suspension set-up but could remove fenders and chop off back of the car for access to the engine. You also had a full roll cage with front , side and rear bars for protection from other cars as you can imagine there was a lot of pushing and bumping.

Before people get upset that we destroyed old VW’s, our came from a junk yard and had been in a fire and was non-restorable. This made it a perfect candidate for our class and we did not have much to strip to make it meet class rules. I was the wrench and my little brother was the driver. Our dad was the team owner. It was a weekend family affair.

I also ran a set of dual 28 pict on a 1200 and it ran very well. I had that set-up on a sand rail and it did very well as it was very light and I did not need a big motor.
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Can someone tell me more about the types of distributors, ie I hear that there is an SVDA, a 009 and an SVA so what's the difference with all 3?
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this is the most details and best article I have found:

http://www.vw-resource.com/right_dizzy.html
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Solex 30 pict-1

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Hi I have a question I am hoping you can help with, I have an original Solex 30 Pict-1 carb which is new, I sent it off to have it checked and any parts replaced as needed to suit my 1200, I really would like to use this carb (because its new) with my 1200 but not sure what Distributor I should use? can you advise me please. Also would you use an electronic dizzy or points with this carb.
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I would use an SVDA Distributor on a stock motor with a 30 pict as it appears stock but is really updated.
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darzoom wrote:I would use an SVDA Distributor on a stock motor with a 30 pict as it appears stock but is really updated.
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