Kühltek Motorwerks0231178009 Centrifugal Distributor for VW Beetle

Was helping a friend fix his sandrail, that had 2300cc type 4 with a turbo. One day it his Vw had completely lost spark and would not fire. Previous owner had installed a lockout distributor, aftermarket ignition box, and a crank sensor trigger to control spark. We finally figured out the crank sensor was not sending a signal. We replaced the sensor, but there was still no spark. I decided to go back to a points and condenser setup and for the price of a whole distributor, it was worth a shot. After Installing the Distributor with slight twist to get correct timing, the Engine fired right up, first attempt. He was just glad this Distributor got his Sand rail running, but it actually improved his bottom end power. This engine is warm blooded anyways and hates cold start. With the previous locked out distributor you had to finesse it to keep it idling until it warmed up and even then it was still soft and spongy on take off. Having some sort of mechanical advance made a huge difference, but could still be improved for this setup in particular. With this engine setup and still using the Ignition box to reduce timing in boost, His Sand rail runs better down low and has the same amount of power up top. This Distributor would probably be perfect for a stock type 1 engine, if you dont want vacuum advance. Im only giving this review a 4/5, i feel like this is a good product, but i dont know about its reliability or longevity. Hopefully i can change this to a 5/5 in the future.

Great backup, terrible for long term use. I got it just so I would have something in my boot just in case to get me home. And it works. I’d never have this as my permanent distributor though. It will give you the classic flat spot and other various problems. And probably not last that long either. Don’t change the jets in the carb to get rid of the flat spot that leads you to a world of problems. Just get a real distributor and have this behind the back seat in case the other one shorts or something.

It's a really good distributor. I've had it over a year now and it's still working perfectly. But... it's a 009 clone. What was I thinking? It's got the midrange stumble like they all do. If you're looking for a cheap 009 clone that's reliable, look no further! If I had to do it over again, I'd buy a vacuum advance. Maybe I will later.

Personally prefer a vaccume stye like the origional due to the centrificals have a off the chart advance curve and usually pretty erratic but will work in a pinch.

Positively a piece of CHINA JUNK!!! Removed from engine & reinstalled old distributor to make it run correctly, would return it if I could