Best Vortec Distributors?

boy&hisdogs · May 27, 2022

What do you look for in a good replacement distributor? This would be for a stock 5.7 daily driver. ACDeclo/Delphi only? What about Summit/Jegs house brands? Do rebuilt distributors tend to be problematic like other rebuilt parts? I might need one soon :3811797817_8d685371

454cid · May 27, 2022

I bought a Delphi, and have not used it yet. That was probably 10 years ago. If I were shopping now, I'd probbaly go with one of the US made billet aluminum distributors from the small manufacture that sells on ebay..... one guy here has recently gotten one. They're expensive, but all the other aluminum distributors for sale are just Chinese imports. Do a search here on the forum, and see if you can dig up the thread.

Curt · May 27, 2022

Stay away from Summit. Bought a Summit branded distributor from them and it was defective. Costed me more than it was worth to have the shop install it, find out it was defective, remove it, and re-install my factory one. Oddly enough, my factory distributor hasn't acted up since (knock on wood).

98 Nitro · May 27, 2022

I bought the standard motor parts stock replacement one it's made in USA, going good for a year now and my truck is a daily driver. Otherwise yes if you want to spend the money buy a billet one and stay away from the China stuff.

Supercharged111 · May 27, 2022

I'm not even rolling the dice on it, gonna do a 24x swap on the 1500.

BNielsen · May 27, 2022

I had an Accel cap and rotor; defective right out of the box, so now it's got a NAPA/Echlin cap and rotor.

I still have an Accel billet dizzy shaft to swap in, hopefully the shaft won't cause a problem.

L31MaxExpress · May 28, 2022

Supercharged111 said:
I'm not even rolling the dice on it, gonna do a 24x swap on the 1500.

Still need to have the distributor body, drive gear and cam sensor.

L31MaxExpress · May 28, 2022

United Motor Products 9362 is what I have had on my Express van for the past 7 years. My OEM distributor split in half at about 85K, might have been my fault though as I had changed the absolutely wasted drive gear about 5k earlier.

Supercharged111 · May 28, 2022

L31MaxExpress said:
Still need to have the distributor body, drive gear and cam sensor.

Yes, but the old worn out one is good enough for the cam sensor is it not?

L31MaxExpress · May 28, 2022

Supercharged111 said:
Yes, but the old worn out one is good enough for the cam sensor is it not?

Unless it snaps in half like mine did. I did reuse the OEM GM cam sensor. MSD Capr and Rotor

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