distributor swap - 7A & 3B

[Kenneth Keith]

That makes sense.  I made the connection about the crank timing
measuring, but I didn't see the point of the 5 window distributor on a
system that uses the crank timing sensors for anything.  I guess the
urq

On 3/30/06, Ben Swann <benswann at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Ken,
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> The single window hall sensor does not really indicate the engine has knock
> sensing, and is also used on the earler Ur Quattros without knock sensing.
> Also, the later NG/NG have 5 window hall sensor and knock sensing too.
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> It has more to do with the use of the flywheel sensors that identify Top
> Dead Center and count number of teeth – RPM and Speed sensors.  These are
> synchronised with the single window hall signal.
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> Except for the wheel, the distributors are more or less the same – some use
> a vacuum advance and some don't and the sonnector style, cap and rotor
> change – so they can have more part numbers I suppose.
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> Anyway, the upshot of this is that the 3B and 7A distributors are
> interchangeable and pretty much identical.
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> Ben
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> [Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:38:11 -0700
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> From: "Kenneth Keith" <auditude at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: distributor swap
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> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
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> Actually, that's incorrect.  7A's have knock sensing ignition too, and
> therefore use a single window hall sensor setup.
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> Ken
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> > On 3/28/06, lynnreid at valornet.com <lynnreid at valornet.com> wrote:
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> > > Does anyone know if a distributor from a 3B engine can be  be used
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> > > Thanks
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> > > Les]