I bought a Hemi - Project Lit'lphant

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(07-09-2019 03:42 PM)banpei Wrote:  That distributor sucks! Are they insured against this or does this fall under the "collateral damage" section in their contract?
And is it doable to source a new dizzy?

I passed along the news to the shipper/sender. His claim was that it was fine when it landed in the US. I did some research on Toyodiy... the distributor is about $1200... and of course as with everything else for the 5V, it is unobtainium unicorn horn.... The Shipper is going to TRY and claim it... and of course they also broke the ISCV
($600), so that is on the claim as well... WE shall see....

This does present me with an opportunity... the distributor is the tallest part on the engine, and it being up front caused many an awkward hood scoop/bulge. If I run a crank fire ignition, and just use whats left as the oil pump drive, I can lower the hood some, as well as removing other unobtainium parts like the distributor cap and rotor.