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I jumped in and rode with this rolling car show for an hour south then turned around and came back home. A whole bunch of American Hot Rods, and me. There was a BMW in the mix too. 6,000 cars from all up and down the East Coast. People were all over the sides of the road waving and taking pictures. It was pretty cool. http://www.hotrod.com/events/power-tour/

Grannyknot did some comparable fab work when he modified the front crossmember on his 240 to provide clearance for the sump of the BMW he was installing. Maybe he can post a sketch of how he'd go about fabbing this part. Great reference pix posted by 240260280. Notice the doubler plate that's installed in the region right next to the shock tower.

I'm partial to the ones that have brass contacts, I think they conduct better. https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/standard+motor+products,JH66,distributor+cap,7120 https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=46494&cc=1209169&jsn=366

@Redwing

I'm sure there are other quality brands out there. Perhaps others can advise on those. I haven't bought caps and rotors often enough to know which brands are best. I do know the Bosch cap and rotor made a significant improvement in performance and may have been the deciding factor in getting the RX7 thru DEQ again. A bit expensive when compared to other brands. I did notice the Bosch rotor precisely fits the dizzy shaft. It looks like the rotor was machined to fit the shaft. I've seen a few degrees of slop in cheap rotors. I'll never go cheap again.

Looks good and sounds like your earlier issues are resolved. Now, just enjoy the ride. Dennis

That's good to know, I was thinking about buying some new ones if I don't paint my old ones. When having run into that problem before there are a few ways to solve it, scissors or tin snips can work well if the material isn't too brittle, a dremel with a grinding stone works but usually leaves lots of little bumps that have to be sanded flush. The best method for me was a belt sander, a hand held unit mounted upside down in the vice or a bench mounted it doesn't matter, you just use the leading edge of the drum to remove the material, so your panel is on an angle (tangent) and you move it in one smooth stroke in the opposite direction to the rotation of the sander.

Yes, it has the E12-27. I knew something was different when I saw it, hence the query. I had a 06/77 parts car and it still had the E12-12A. The depth of Z knowledge in this forum is truly amazing. Anybody have any lotto ticket advice? ?

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And here it is back on the engine! Rod is truly an artisan.