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Testing 009 (style) vs Pertronix II SVDA Distributors. Engine temp issues at high speed

Testing 009 (style) vs Pertronix II SVDA Distributors.
Engine temp issues at high speed.

Problem: Engine oil runs hot very HOT at high RPM above 55mph.
Pinging at low speed heavy acceleration when cold.

So I looked for a lot of info when trying to resolve my heating issues see below for tests and results.

Car
Vintage Speedster built in 2011.

Engine
•1915cc Type 1 VW dual port
•Stock cam
•Stock crank
•Stock heads
•EMPI EPC 34 dual carbs (Weber ITC 34 copy’s)
155 main 200 air
Wideband A/F at tail pipe readings are near perfect at all speeds and loads.
•Tri Mill 2 tip exhaust.
•Thin line oils sump
•Full flow oil
•Remote oil filter
Remote cooler in passenger wheel well temp switch at 185F on fans. (Derale Hyper-Cool Remote Fluid Coolers with Fan Kits 15840) factory cooler still installed, dog house fan.

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Tested

009 W/ igniter 1- ambient 95F
Initial idle advance 10BTDC
Max advance >3200. 32BTDC
Engine oil runs hot very HOT at high RPM above 55mph.
Pinging at low speed heavy acceleration when cold.
Performed well at all operations

Initial idle 5BTDC
Max advance 27-28 >3200
Engine is sluggish on acceleration.
Didn’t drive long enough to check temps.
No pinging

Pertronix II SVDA ambient 95F
Initial idle (no vacuum) 10BTDC
Max advance 32BTDC
No vac advance
Runs better than 009 but still hot at high RPM 3200 cursing >50mph 3200.
Reduced pinging at-load 2-3000 RPMs.

SVDA

SVDA ambient 95F
Initial idle (no vacuum) 10BTDC
Max advance 32BTDC
vac advance
Runs better than 009 but still hot at high RPM 3200 cursing >50mph 3200.
Still pinging a little at loads

SVDA ambient 89F
Initial idle (no vacuum) 5BTDC
Max advance 27BTDC
vac advance connected
Performance is about the same as 009 but did not heat at any operating condition including at high RPM >3200 cursing >50mph. no pinging  

Slight temp increase once slowing down, then dropped to normal even with AC on at city driving speeds. Did not run AC at freeway speeds.
Need to test at 95F but early indications are this is a major improvement in oil temps.

Ported vacuum readings
Idle 900rpms- 0Hg
0-2000rpm No load = 0Hg
2000rpm no load = 5Hg

0 - 10mph full throttle full load 0Hg
2500rpm cruse 12Hg
3600rpm cruse 7lbs
Full throttle acceleration dropped to 0- then holds at 3Hg >3600rpm.

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