Good Quality cap and rotor for Non-HEI

[Matt Colie]

Well folks,

This is a search that is all about parts for a non-HEI distributor. I don't want to go to HEI because what I have works very well.
I have been beating up the forum search engine and cannot find an answer to this.

I want to change out the cap and rotor just on general principle. I am trying real hard to avoid buying any Chinese Crap. Having ordered up parts
from so many suppliers only to find that in the box it says "Made in China". Or better still Hecho y Mexico on the outside, but the parts inside are
marked as Chinese origin (or not marked at all, but have a Hanzi tag).

When I had my second Opel (then sold by Buick dealers). I had ignition problems and kept buying Bosch parts for replacement. I stopped by the Buick
dealer once as was sold Delco parts for Opel. No more problems....

So, if anybody can tell me a manufacturer or supplier that is still supplying good quality parts, I would like to know about them.

Thank you friends,

Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit

 

[john r. lebetski]

I think the Standard Motor products expensive line parts with brass terminals are still made in Indiana USA. They have several price points on many
products.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[john r. lebetski]

Also looks like Delco has a $17 and a $27 unit the ACC349.
I searched carparts.Com just for look up
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[Carl Stouffer]

I've always had good luck with Standard Ignition parts. Maybe take a look at one of the aftermarket ignition suppliers (MSD, Mallory, Accel, etc)
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Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles,
Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

 

[bob heller]

"So, if anybody can tell me a manufacturer or supplier that is still supplying good quality parts, I would like to know about them."

I've always used Accel cap/rotor/wires on the GMC and previous distributor-equipped cars. Accel ignition parts may cost more than other brands but
they also last longer and don't give me any problems. The rotors don't arc through and the caps don't build up corrosion and start misfiring like with
the cheap stuff. I couldn't tell you the last time I replaced the Accel parts on my GMC, they've been on there so long.

I can't say whether current production Accel parts are of the same high quality because I haven't had to replace the old Accel parts.
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Bob Heller
1974 X-Canyonlands 26ft
Original 455 except for timing chain, Rockwell intake, valve covers.
Ferrara air bags. 150k miles.
Winter Springs FL