Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)HEI distributor/coil advertised as specifically designed for small block chevy/pontiac automobiles, and described as having the special feature of a "Multi-Indexing Cap" (to facilitate positioning). Prompt arrival, intack shipping box. However, item's internal packaging box was damaged and the distributor itself arrived useless with not only a cracked distributer Cap, but no coil whatsoever. Returned to Amazon with no problems at all, and ordered an exact replacement. Three days later, replacement arrives, shipping container again intact and internal packaging box again damaged. No obvious damage on distributer, but coil included as a separate item, demanding difficult bench assembly and had a non-removeable dust cap build directly onto the coil (unlike MSD, GM, ACCEL, and other competing brands). Thus the coil cannot be intalled in the distributor until the distributor, its cap, and all the spark plug wires are already attached to the engine....an impossibly difficult task under the hood and in the tight rear engine compartment of a Chevy. Even worse, the "Multi-index" Cap feature was a marketing gimmick which did not exist at all. The cap has one tooth, and the distributors base has one slot. Thus the cap can only fit in one position, and if the vacuum advance hits your firewall...too bad for you. No instructions from Mallory, Amazon, Summit or anywhere else on the internet regarding this issue so I called Mallory. Their tech personnel weren't even aware the multi-indexing had been advertised on this distributor (as it doesn't exist) and promised me they would bring this issue up before their sales division. And to my chagrin, they recommended that I could file off the cap's plastic tooth, thus allowing free positioning ("Multi-indexing") of the distributor cap on the metal base. Unfortunately what they didn't say was that this would also leave a hole for dirt, grease etc. to enter the distributer while driving, and potentially allow the cap to move about, throwing your engine completely out of time....and unexpectantly shutting you down somewhere on the road. No one should buy this distributer for a small block Chevy. And the Mallory people need to hire more mechanical/electrical engineers and less salesmen. Far better and more practical products are readily available, accurately described, and similarly priced. I will never buy another product made by Mallory.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Mallory 8548201C Billet Distributor
Get 47% OFF
Click here for more information about Mallory 8548201C Billet Distributor
0 comments:
Post a Comment