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Citroën-4-A-V
Improve the performance of your classic car with this highly reliable electronic ignition distributor.
The 123CITROËN-4-A (also known as 123DS-A) is an ignition distributor, specifically targeted for the Citroen ID/DS. Mostly used in Citroën DS. This unit offers vacuum advance as well. It contains all the curves for carbureted ID/DS-engines as originally specified by Citroën, for cars after July 1959.
| Brand |
Citroën |
|---|---|
| Cylinders |
4 |
| Operating voltage |
4-15V |
| Wires |
Black: coil '-' ,Red: ignition key (battery 6V / 12V) |
| Model |
Switch |
| Rotation direction |
CW & CCW |
| Vacuum |
Yes |
| RPM range |
500-10.000 RPM |
| IE (D-jetronic support) |
No |
| Environmental temperature |
-30 – 100 °C |
| Cap type |
Angled |
| Dwell |
Constant current: fully automatic adaptive dwell |
| Coil charging time-out |
After 1 second, coil current is turned off |
| Spark balancing |
<0.5 degrees |
| Maximum advance |
40 degrees crankshaft |
The 123\CITROËN-4-A-V (also known as 123\DS-A-V) is an ignition distributor, specifically targeted for the Citroën ID/DS. It contains all the curves for carbureted ID/DS-engines as originally specified by Citroën, for cars after July 1959.
It comes with an angled distributor-cap, for easy access to the sparkplug-leads.
Might you prefer un upright cap, please specify a ‘123\CITROËN-4-R-V’
The unit offers a maximum total of 16 advance-curves to be selected by the end-user.
Please take a look in the table below for available advance curves.
CITROËN-4-A-V = CITROËN stands for the 123ignition type
CITROËN-4-A-V = 4 stands for the number of cylinders
CITROËN-4-A-V = A stands for angled distributor cap
CITROËN-4-A-V = V stands for vacuum advance
How to install a 123ignition distributor
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| curve | advance starts [rpm crankshaft] | max. advance [rpm] | [degr. crankshaft] | vac. adv. starts [mmHg] | max. vac. adv. [mmHg] | [degr.] | replaces | remark |
| 0 | 800 | 3400 | 24 | 150 | 350 | 22 | curve# 11C2 | mot. 'PERF0' until 6 1955 |
| 1 | 500 | 4000 | 29 | 150 | 350 | 22 | curve# 11D | mot. '11D' after 6/'55 |
| 2 | 500 | 4000 | 29 | 150 | 350 | 22 | Ducellier 4931A | 'ID' until 2'64 |
| 3 | 800 | 4400 | 23 | 150 | 350 | 22 | Ducellier 3941B | DS 7/'59-9'65, ID 2 '64-9 '64 |
| 4 | 1000 | 4500 | 31 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4141A | ID 9/'64-9 '65 |
| 5 | 800 | 4400 | 23 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 3944A | DE 9/'65-9 '69 |
| 6 | 2000 | 5000 | 19 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4155B | DX DE DXF DJF 9/'65-9/'68 |
| 7 | 1200 | 5000 | 19 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4169A | DY DL DYF DLF 9 '65-9 '68 |
| 8 | 1600 | 4400 | 23 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4173A | DV 9 '66-9 '68 |
| 9 | 600 | 5200 | 21 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4253A | B DX DJ DXF DJF 10 '68-9 '72 DP after 9 '72 |
| A | 600 | 5400 | 31 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4254A | DY DL DT DV 10/'68-5/'69 |
| B | 600 | 5400 | 31 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4291A B | DY DL DT after 5/'69 DV after 9/'72 |
| C | 1100 | 4800 | 31 | 100 | 300 | 10 | Ducellier 4254B C | DV 5/'69-9 '72 DX DJ after 9/'72 |
| D | 1000 | 2000 | 18 | 100 | 300 | 10 | BOSCH ZV117 A3A, 231.177.001 | DS 'IE' injection |
| E | 1000 | 3500 | 34 | 250 | 400 | 10 | SEV A180 4134B | H-van, HY mot: H78 |
| F | 1300 | 4500 | 34 | 250 | 400 | 10 | SEV A117 4134 | H-van, HY mot: H72 after 5/'64 |
| F | 1300 | 4500 | 34 | 250 | 400 | 10 | SEV A117 4134 | H-van, HY mot: H72 after 5/'64 |
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