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Apr 28, 2010 | 09:25 AM

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HELP! cap and rotor problems

i have a 89 .. all i want to do is put a new cap and rotor on this car.. if i get one more clamp down style HEZI or the truck cap two screw style im gona scream!! spent an hour on teh phone with summit and been to 4 parts store they dont have any they say..

i need a cap that is HEI with a INTERNAL coil that has FOUR hold down SCREWS not j hooks.. i really want a good cap and rotor with brass terminals! does anyone have a part number for standard blue streak. mallory msd. or any other good cap ?? i dont want to **** around taking the hooks out bying screws ect.. its a stock tpi car someone has to make a good cap and rotor set

thanks in advance

Apr 28, 2010 | 09:35 AM

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Have you tried NAPA ? I think I had one of their caps and it had brass terminals.

Apr 28, 2010 | 09:43 AM

1989redvette

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we dont have a napa handy...

Apr 28, 2010 | 10:20 AM

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Oreillys Has them.

Apr 28, 2010 | 10:55 AM

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Advance Auto Parts sells the Accel 8132 HEI Cap and Rotor for $27.00

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web..._1146347246___

Apr 28, 2010 | 11:08 AM

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Ecklers @ $34

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...6&dept_id=1285

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Apr 28, 2010 | 11:11 AM

1989redvette

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Originally Posted by Hooked on Vettes

Advance Auto Parts sells the Accel 8132 HEI Cap and Rotor for $27.00

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web..._1146347246___

THAT IS THE WRONG ONE!! is my car a bastard ?? cause that the one i keep getting..

Apr 28, 2010 | 11:29 AM

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This took me 2 minutes to find on my super whamadine awesome internet connection at work (exaggerated)

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_667719263___

This is the same one I use on my 89. It works perfectly fine.

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Apr 28, 2010 | 12:12 PM

1989redvette

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ok im soooooo glad everyone is reading the post before being an expert.. i asked if there was a QUALITY cap and rotor set with BRASS terminals INTERNAL COIL and 4 HOLD DOWN SCREWS NOT HOOKS available for my vette and what the PART NUMBER IS.. not some 7.99 aluminum post cap and rotor junk but a GOOD QUALITY BRASS cap and rotor.. thats all nothing like what the specific gravity of 17% wine is or how fast a robin would be going if it was shot out of a cannon with X amount velocity

just a part number to a GOOD cap and rotor that FITS

Apr 28, 2010 | 12:17 PM

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Did you try the one that made the car...

GM?

Apr 28, 2010 | 12:21 PM

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Even the Jegs catalog says the Accel 8132 fits the 89 Corvette.
Obviously the info. is not correct since the coil is not in the cap.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Accel/110/8132/10002/-1

Apr 28, 2010 | 12:23 PM

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Did you try the one that made the car...

GM?

yes i did.. and it also aluminum not brass.. but it is looking like a new GM is the answer.. i really find it super hard to believe no one makes a better brass cap and rotor assembly for a tpi car

Apr 28, 2010 | 12:49 PM

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Quote:

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yes i did.. and it also aluminum not brass.. but it is looking like a new GM is the answer.. i really find it super hard to believe no one makes a better brass cap and rotor assembly for a tpi car

How about that, even GM is selling "cheaper" aftermarket components.

I don´t know, maybe all car brands are like that...

Might not help much, but found these.

http://www.thepartsbin.com/catalog/d...=1989&ymm=true

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Apr 28, 2010 | 01:13 PM

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Little more expensive, but I believe it has everything you're looking for

http://www.jegs.com/i/Hypertech/533/4052/10002/-1

Apr 28, 2010 | 01:47 PM

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Little more expensive, but I believe it has everything you're looking for

http://www.jegs.com/i/Hypertech/533/4052/10002/-1

thats what i have now and have been very happy with it.. but as time has went on i need a new cap and rotor.. seems silly to have to buy the whole works everytime.. but as i see this adventure is not as simple as one would think it should be ..

Apr 28, 2010 | 02:20 PM

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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ACC-8131/?rtype=10

For whatever reason it says for 90-91. I don't know what makes any other year any different in terms of the HEI cap and rotor.

Summit has the 89 listed as clamp down, which yours, is apparently not. Neither is my 85...

Anybody here have clamp down?