Citroën-4-R-V

Improve the performance of your classic car with this highly reliable electronic ignition distributor.

The 123CITROËN-4-R-V (also known as 123DS-R-V) is an ignition distributor, specifically targeted for the Citroën ID/DS. Mostly used in Citroën DS, Traction-Avant and HY. 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 '-'

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Red: ignition key (battery 6V / 12V)

Model

Switch

Rotation direction

CW & CCW

Vacuum

Yes

RPM range

500-8000 RPM

IE (D-jetronic support)

No

Environmental temperature

-30 – 100 °C

Cap type

Straight

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

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The 123\CITROËN-4-R-V (also known as 123\DS-R-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 a straight distributor-cap, for easy access to the sparkplug-leads.
Might you prefer un side entry cap, please specify a ‘123\CITROËN-4-A-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-R-V = CITROËN stands for the 123ignition type  
CITROËN-4-R-V = 4 stands for the number of cylinders 
CITROËN-4-R-V = R stands for straight distributor cap
CITROËN-4-R-V = V stands for vacuum advance 

How to install a 123ignition distributor

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curveadvance starts
[rpm crankshaft]
max. advance
[rpm]
[degr. crankshaft]vac. adv. starts
[mmHg]
max. vac. adv.
[mmHg]
[degr.]replacesremark
080034002415035022curve# 11C2mot. 'PERF0' until 6 1955
150040002915035022curve# 11Dmot. '11D' after 6/'55
250040002915035022Ducellier 4931A'ID' until 2'64
380044002315035022Ducellier 3941BDS 7/'59-9'65, ID 2 '64-9 '64
4100045003110030010Ducellier 4141AID 9/'64-9 '65
580044002310030010Ducellier 3944ADE 9/'65-9 '69
6200050001910030010Ducellier 4155BDX DE DXF DJF 9/'65-9/'68
7120050001910030010Ducellier 4169ADY DL DYF DLF 9 '65-9 '68
8160044002310030010Ducellier 4173ADV 9 '66-9 '68
960052002110030010Ducellier 4253AB DX DJ DXF DJF 10 '68-9 '72 DP after 9 '72
A60054003110030010Ducellier 4254ADY DL DT DV 10/'68-5/'69
B60054003110030010Ducellier 4291A BDY DL DT after 5/'69 DV after 9/'72
C110048003110030010Ducellier 4254B CDV 5/'69-9 '72 DX DJ after 9/'72
D100020001810030010BOSCH ZV117 A3A, 231.177.001DS 'IE' injection
E100035003425040010SEV A180 4134BH-van, HY mot: H78
F130045003425040010SEV A117 4134H-van, HY mot: H72 after 5/'64
F130045003425040010SEV A117 4134H-van, HY mot: H72 after 5/'64

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