Accel Street Billet distributor
April 24th, 2016, 08:20 AM
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Accel Street Billet distributor
I just picked up an Accel Street Billet distributor for an Olds at Carlisle for cheap. Now it seems like the cap and rotor are no longer available? 
In fact, looking at the Accel site, it appears that parent company Mr. Gasket is pretty much phasing out Accel distributors completely in favor of their other in-house brand, Mallory. Any suggestions for sources for the cap and rotor? The usual suspects (Summit, Jegs) show "out of stock". Accel doesn't even list the parts in their catalog. Thanks.
In fact, looking at the Accel site, it appears that parent company Mr. Gasket is pretty much phasing out Accel distributors completely in favor of their other in-house brand, Mallory. Any suggestions for sources for the cap and rotor? The usual suspects (Summit, Jegs) show "out of stock". Accel doesn't even list the parts in their catalog. Thanks.
April 24th, 2016, 08:39 AM
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April 24th, 2016, 09:17 AM
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It's a standard points style equipment inside. Points style caps and rotors - pick your poison. Or the points style cap with HEI terminals as available from other manuf, such as Pertronix. The Accel cap is REALLY flimsy.
Proof? I have an Accel billet, ran a Pertronix cap on it, now have a MSD Cap-a-dapt, which is relatively strong proof that the common parts will bolt on. YMMV.
Proof? I have an Accel billet, ran a Pertronix cap on it, now have a MSD Cap-a-dapt, which is relatively strong proof that the common parts will bolt on. YMMV.
April 24th, 2016, 10:08 AM
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It's a standard points style equipment inside. Points style caps and rotors - pick your poison. Or the points style cap with HEI terminals as available from other manuf, such as Pertronix. The Accel cap is REALLY flimsy.
Proof? I have an Accel billet, ran a Pertronix cap on it, now have a MSD Cap-a-dapt, which is relatively strong proof that the common parts will bolt on. YMMV.
Proof? I have an Accel billet, ran a Pertronix cap on it, now have a MSD Cap-a-dapt, which is relatively strong proof that the common parts will bolt on. YMMV.
The distributor I bought didn't have a cap, but online photos look like this:
April 25th, 2016, 06:35 AM
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Sure, and I have numerous previously-owned Delco window caps here also. My concern was the height of the rotor center contact vs. the button on the cap. Yeah, I could section an old cap and check it, but I'm lazy...
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