[HarveyH]

About 2 months ago I replaced my 009 with the stock distributor. My car is a 74 2.0 with 96mm P&C's, cam, pertronix, and 40 IDF's. Work was done by the PO who also added the 009, but gave me the original distributor when I bought the car. My carbs have a vacuum port, a small diameter brass tube (just at the level of the idle adjustment screw) with a small slotted plug. I understand most Weber carbs have this connection point. Connected the Vac advance canister to the port after I removed the plug. Performance is significantly improved over the 009. Starts easier and accelerates more smoothly in the low and mid RPM ranges.
Pelican and various other 914 BBS's have spoken disparagingly of the 009 for the Type 4 engines, and I now agree. The consensus is that any year stock 914 distributor will give better results than the 009, particularly if you can hook up the Vac advance.

Good luck,
Harvey