What makes this a high performance distributor cap?

[moparbud66]

So, I paid a semi hefty sum for this "high performance" distributor cap and rotor. What makes it high performance compared to the garage sale $1 set? The fancy box is my guess.

 

[Lefty71]

Brass terminals....at least that used to be the answer.... (ya, I know, big deal). Prolly not even brass anymore.

 

[DeltaV]

The tan ones from Chrysler were high dielectric strength plastic.

The ACCEL box shows a tan cap and rotor in your picture, but the actual cap was black?

 

[AR67GTX]

The Accell caps I’ve seen were tan. Did someone pull a bait and switch?

 

[moparbud66]

Yes, that's the cap and rotor that were in the box. It does have brass terminals though. Could be a bait and switch.

 

[AR67GTX]

It may still be a good cap - just doesn’t seem to be an Accell one.

 

[zyzzyx]

The caps with aluminum posts corrode and are cheap. The tan Accell caps all have brass posts and as mentioned before,
have better high voltage insulating qualities. I bought a few Accell caps recently for around $30.00, and bought ten black
caps with brass posts from Rock Auto for around $5.00/ea. I'll just clean & change out the black ones more often!

 

[33 IMP]

Accel caps were excellent parts, better contacts, thicker and better quality material.
The black one isn't accel, and the box doesn't look right at all.
Mexican/Chinese counterfeit?

 

[moparbud66]

I bought it from Summit so I'll see what they have to say about that.

 

[66Satellite47]

Doesn't look like any of the Accel cap & rotor I ever bought.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Brass terminals....at least that used to be the answer.... (ya, I know, big deal). Prolly not even brass anymore.

Look at the package. That's not a picture. Stupid me I was looking at the Chrysler package.

 

[AR67GTX]

I don’t think it’s a counterfeit. Surely a counterfeiter would get the color and longer coil tower right. I bet someone bought it, did a switch, returned it for a credit, Summit kid looked in box - yep, there’s a cap in there OK, and it went back to inventory.

 

[Sahara]

It’s blurry, but it looks like the box says made in Canada. Were Accel caps made in Canada?

 

[Daves69]

What makes it high performance compared to the garage sale $1 set?

There's this in the 8121 description..............

Distributor Cap & Rotor Kits at Summit Racing

 

[mopar 3 B]

Looks like the tan one could have been had for a 1.23 less

 

[WileERobby]

But... black caps matter. PLUS... you get a description in 3 languages ! A tri-ligual box !

 

[AR67GTX]

Son of a gun. . . .

 

[Geoff 2]

Two important requirements for a 'best quality' cap. Brass or s/steel terminals and insulation material.

The old tan caps that Ch used were Alkyd material, had good dielectric strength at the time.

Rynite which is used now is even better & it comes in different colours. The only way that I know to tell the difference is that when you file Alkyd, it is 'powdery'.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Blue Streak used to make a high performance cap you could buy from Rockauto.
I look for brass inserts and ridges around the inside to make it harder to carbon track. Also a vent.
I got one old cap sitting around with the Forward Motion icon cast on the top for decoration.