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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 06:51 PM
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Accel Corrected HEI Cap

Car runs good.
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

What it's in.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

Cool looking car. Like the cap, I might try one. David Vizard spoke of it in a book of his I have.
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

defently getting that its so cool
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

I really wish they made these for regular MSD distributors. They look so much cleaner.
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

I'm going to chime in as the only guy in the world not loving the "corrected" cap.All I can think of is the poor bastard a couple of years down the road that puts a new cap and rotor on,and spends an hour trying to figure out why his car is running like junk.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:06 AM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

you know thats what i thought about that 4-7 swap cams if you ever sold the car and someone tried wire it up as a regular small block they would have one awful time figuring it out , as most people would think to adjust timing and that kinda thing not realizing it's actually a wrong plug wire order
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 08:10 AM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

Originally Posted by Irockz
I'm going to chime in as the only guy in the world not loving the "corrected" cap.All I can think of is the poor bastard a couple of years down the road that puts a new cap and rotor on,and spends an hour trying to figure out why his car is running like junk.
Originally Posted by 83firechicken
you know thats what i thought about that 4-7 swap cams if you ever sold the car and someone tried wire it up as a regular small block they would have one awful time figuring it out , as most people would think to adjust timing and that kinda thing not realizing it's actually a wrong plug wire order
While these things could happen, I am building my car for me. Not someone who may buy it down the road. Even if you do sell it down the road they can look at how it was before hand and put it back the same. Thats also why its important to get as much info from the PO and if he says the motor is built with all unknown parts, then its best to walk away.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 06:59 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

that is sexy. i have been looking at getting one for a while. but have been low on funds lately.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

The only potential problem with those is the insulation breakdown in the cap. It happens to almost every 4.3L Chevy V-6 eventually, and almost every LT1 eventually. The insulation system is the SAME, and Accel has not learned to get it right on replacement caps for 4.3L V-6s to this day. That would be a point of concern eventually, so the next time you develop a miss don't think it isn't the cap because it only has 5,000 miles on it. There are hundreds of documented cases of high-end aftermarket caps doing this in 5-10K and Delco/Delphi caps solving the problem for another 100K miles.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

I might have learned that the hard way. It started running rough and I wasn't sure if it was the ignition or my 650 DP. Runs even better now though with a new Summit carb, Digital-6 box, and MSD 8361 distributor.

Sucks I had to put the long spark plug wires back on though.
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Old Apr 6, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Re: Accel Corrected HEI Cap

I've always heard bad things about those types of caps.
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