List so far:

Howard
Wes
Daddy_Dandy


EDIT: Pic's just arrived.

Black colour:









Natural/polished Aluminium:





And the info which came with the pic's:

Quote:

Hi,

Attached is the detail pictures of the V8 5.0L and 5.7L vortec distributor. We also has V6, 4.3L and V8 7.4L in stock.
There are 2 didderent version of these vortec distributor. One is black color same as OEM, another one is the Aluminun original color.
Curently, we have 8 pieces of black color V8 5.0L, 5.7L in stock. 1 black color V6 4.3L in stock and 6 pieces of V8 7.4L in stock.
The Aluminun color one need to wait for 1 to 2 month to arrive. We will have more than 200 pieces of these model in stock in that time.
We carry almost all the Chevy distributors. Any need, please let us know.

Thanks,
DK Team

Well...I reckon they look alright. Certainly wouldn't have to worry about the cracked screw tabs anymore.
If anyone else is interested....I'll start a list and see what the guy can do for us on shipping.
Only one catch....I'll try and get the guy toship them all to one address and someone will need to volunteer to send them out to the other buyers....including one to Oz
Of course...each person will have to cover their postage costs from the initial delivery location as well as a percentage of the bulk deliver cost.

Howard



Last edited by hquick on Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:12 pm; edited 3 times in total

you'd think if it was OEM, or a good brand name they'd put it on there, but I don't see a manufacturer listed anywhere on there which makes me wonder about its quality, especially for that price. I have the accel aluminum vortec distributor and thats the only aftermarket aluminum one I've heard of, but that one on ebay is not the accel unit either.

plus, out of all those "OEM" part #'s they list, the only one that is correct is #93441558, which is the stock Delco $350 plastic distributor.

I asked them for more details.

http://www.google.com/products?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=UNITED+IGNITION+WIRE+Part+%23+9362&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title

Seems it's sold by Rock Auto also.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?catalog=121&partnum=9362&a=FR121-9362


Anyone care to call Rock Auto and ask a few questions about it?
Guy offered to do a discount for more than one. I'm interested!

Looked at their web page they are from Cleavland Ohio, manufacturing & distribution, Would be interesting to see one in person.

Boosted

I've asked the guy for a price on a bulk order....out of curiosity.
I'm interested in buying one...and at that price...it's not bad.

EDIT: Just received a reply.

Quote:

Hi,

The best we can do is $80 each and try to save your shipping cost. Don't forget this distributor is $139 in the US market. Please let me know how many do you need for this time.

Thanks,
DK Team

So...who's interested?
I've asked for more pic's.

Howard I'd definitely go with one if I hadn't just put a new gear on my old plastic one.
I'd be curious to see what size shaft/gear is on that one and what it is made of..... hopefully the melonized stuff
Worth a try though.......but hey you can always paint it to match the rest of the intake..ect
Robby

Or.....POLISH it!

After my request for more pic's.

Quote:

We are preparing the photo for you and will send them to you later today or tonight.


- ignition_dk

I just noticed Mike (s10Wildside) is listed in this guys feedback.
Maybe he would be able to tell us more about him?

If it's comparable to the accel distributor...I'd be down

Mine is cracked. I'm in! Currently has a zip tie to hold it together.

Wes

daddy_dandy wrote:

If it's comparable to the accel distributor...I'd be down

Don't know that it's comparable to the Accel unit...but to be honest...a buddy of mine who used to be a crew chief for a big US funny car team said in his and most other racer's oppinions....Accel is junk.
As far as I know...guys here are only using the Accel because it's the only 'non plastic' distributor available for the L31...until now and solves the broken hold down tabs issue.
Also....this distributor is 1/4 the price of the Accel.

hquick wrote:

daddy_dandy wrote:

If it's comparable to the accel distributor...I'd be down

Don't know that it's comparable to the Accel unit...but to be honest...a buddy of mine who used to be a crew chief for a big US funny car team said in his and most other racer's oppinions....Accel is junk.
As far as I know...guys here are only using the Accel because it's the only 'non plastic' distributor available for the L31...until now and solves the broken hold down tabs issue.
Also....this distributor is 1/4 the price of the Accel.

Yeah, if ANYONE else made a distributor other than Accel, I would buy it. And you're right...that sucker is pricey. I'm still down. Definitely want to get rid of that plastic crap.

hquick wrote:

daddy_dandy wrote:

If it's comparable to the accel distributor...I'd be down

Don't know that it's comparable to the Accel unit...but to be honest...a buddy of mine who used to be a crew chief for a big US funny car team said in his and most other racer's oppinions....Accel is junk.
As far as I know...guys here are only using the Accel because it's the only 'non plastic' distributor available for the L31...until now and solves the broken hold down tabs issue.
Also....this distributor is 1/4 the price of the Accel.

thats true accel is junk, their distributor is however a decent quality part, but other than that distributor, you'll never see me running any accel wires/coil/cap/rotor/etc. if this distributor is a good quality one, then its for sure worth the price. also another positive to the accel distributor is that it can run a standard size gear, and not only the special vortec size gear like the stock unit.

Just received the shipping info.

I asked for an estimate on shipping 10 of these two one location with the idea of ll of us saving a little on the shipping.
Here's the reply I received just now.

Quote:

Howard,

Folowing is the shipping cost for 10 pieces at time:

USA OHIO:
USPS Priority Mail: $87.75 insured
USPS Parcel Post: $50 Insured
UPS Ground: $65 Insured

USA California:
USPS Priority Mail: $41 insured
USPS Parcel Post: $36 Insured
UPS Ground: $35 Insured

Canada:
USPS Priority Mail: $90 insured. Canada receiver need to pay custom fee and Tax.

Your shipping cost for 1 piece will be $32 insured.

Yeah, Canada gets top dollar...

Oh, for Canada, you forgot brokerage fees too...

Keep in mind...those prices are for shipping 10 distributors.
The $32 for me is for shipping one!

Have you thought about posting this up at FSC? Might get some more people over there.

What I've done is ordered one.
It should arrive any day and I'll take some better pic's and try it out to make sure it's OK.
If all is good...we can still go ahead and do a group purchase.
Yeah...I thought about FSC and GMFS and I'll post the details there as well...once I've had a good look at this thing.
I decided to do it this way because $80 for a complete aluminium bodied distributor is pretty cheap (compared to $300+ for the Accel).
I didn't want to be responsible for everyone else getting a dud unit, or worse still, if this guy turned out to be a scammer....no unit at all.
So...I bit the bullet and we'll see what arrives in the next few days.

Howard