Thread: Accel Corrected HEI cap, Any Good?

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I was just reading through the latest issue of HOT ROD and noticed they had done a "shameless plug" for Accel's corrected HEI distributor cap P/N 8141R. I was wondering if anyone had used one, and if so, was the money/visual ratio worth it. I would love the clean up the look of tangled wires that is all too common with Chevy HEI but could only find two reviews on it, and both were bad. They said it was as if the contacts were miss-alligned and causing the car to run bad. I was thinking maybe someone with more experience could enlighten me on this cap and if it is worth it.

If it says Accell on it, I'd run as far away from it as I could.

I agree.....Acccel regular caps and rotors are really poor quality, the rotors arc thru easily. I think Accel is a Chinese word for "junk"

Originally Posted by robot

I agree.....Acccel regular caps and rotors are really poor quality, the rotors arc thru easily. I think Accel is a Chinese word for "junk"

Thought it was "American Export Only"...

I forgot to rant about Accel plug wires. Should I do that in this thread?

Originally Posted by robot

I forgot to rant about Accel plug wires. Should I do that in this thread?

You can, but for the most part, you are preaching to the choir. There may be some good Accel products left, but for a buck or two more you can get Taylor, MSD, Moroso and several others.

Now, to the OP question - even Chebbies don't need to have a rats nest of wires - use some decent looms, 90* cap boots and start out with a universal set and make them up yourself. This is not a Chebbie, but these Ford engines can be a rats nest as well if you use the pre made - fitzemall wires:

I recently added a shiny new MSD ignition on my 383 stroker, because the mechanic was opinionated against accel. The new distributor fixed nothing. Seems to me, no amount of PR will compensate for a completely garbage product, but I've been wrong before.

I have about given up on distributers. Have had 4 of them in different vehicles one in a Pantera all got moisture in them and froze up so bad they couldnt be dissasembled. Tired of multi strike systems short spark duration using fancy wound coils. Going distributor less in the near future and programable with capabilities like in FI engines.