Re: Correct tan distributor cap 69 440
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Just as a question what difference does the material of the terminal make? I’m thinking that copper/brass is a better conductor than the aluminum. Therefore making the car run a little better. KID
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Re: Correct tan distributor cap 69 440
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Jim, check with Frank Badalson.
sixpackfrank@aol.com
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Re: Correct tan distributor cap 69 440
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Just as a question what difference does the material of the terminal make? I’m thinking that copper/brass is a better conductor than the aluminum. Therefore making the car run a little better. KID Id be curious to know if this is true or not I have a couple of each style dual point caps in the stash , including a few single point dist caps ( none for sale ) I had an NOS original put away ,,,,BUT, sadly it got damaged in the cross country move.
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Re: Correct tan distributor cap 69 440
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Just as a question what difference does the material of the terminal make? I’m thinking that copper/brass is a better conductor than the aluminum. Therefore making the car run a little better. KID Id be curious to know if this is true or not I have a couple of each style dual point caps in the stash , including a few single point dist caps ( none for sale ) I had an NOS original put away ,,,,BUT, sadly it got damaged in the cross country move. Brass isn’t going to make a properly functioning engine run any better at all. Now if you were to conduct (PI) an experiment whereby you run two identical engines until their distributor caps fail, I would say the aluminum cap would fail first. But it would take a long time, and until that failure the engines would run the same. Actually wires and plugs would fail first. The resistance difference is negligible, the corrosion resistence would likely come into play first, and that would be WAY down the road..again Pun intended.
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Re: Correct tan distributor cap 69 440
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Just as a question what difference does the material of the terminal make? I’m thinking that copper/brass is a better conductor than the aluminum. Therefore making the car run a little better. KID Id be curious to know if this is true or not I have a couple of each style dual point caps in the stash , including a few single point dist caps ( none for sale ) I had an NOS original put away ,,,,BUT, sadly it got damaged in the cross country move. Brass isn’t going to make a properly functioning engine run any better at all. Now if you were to conduct (PI) an experiment whereby you run two identical engines until their distributor caps fail, I would say the aluminum cap would fail first. But it would take a long time, and until that failure the engines would run the same. Actually wires and plugs would fail first. The resistance difference is negligible, the corrosion resistence would likely come into play first, and that would be WAY down the road..again Pun intended. I believe that this is 100% correct. KID
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