[guards73/2.0]

I have a 1973 2.0L with Weber 40 idf's and stock distributor hooked up to vacuum line on one idf and the aforementioned noisy rotary fuel pump. Last summer I did a topend
rebuild and wound up not getting the engine to work right. I've since taken it to a guy who has a 30 yr buisness of formula Vee
and other hipo VW motors, and works on 914 motors and 914's
regularly and it seems I should be getting my car back in a couple of weeks, worst case scenario. In previous posts about distributors, someone mentioned that if you went to a shop that had a distributor machine and paid them, they could curve the distributor for your engine's specific advance curve. This shop is so equipped. I've tried getting a rebuilt 205AA from Cardone, but they always send the wrong part #, so I'm thinking about just handing these guys this nice -looking chrome 009 I bought back when I thought a 009 would work in a 914 for street ( they don't, no lowend power) and ask them to re-curve that for my engine.
That way I'd have a NEW distributor ( with electronic points),
WITH the correct (mechanical)advance, no vacuum line ( cleaner, less trouble) which sounds like the way to go with a carbed engine ( short of just going with an MSD setup. What do you think?