A-Team Performance - HEI Complete Distributor 65K Coil, 6 Cylinders - Compatible with AMC Incline 6, Compatible with Jeep Straight 232, 242, 258 - One Wire Installation, Red Cap

I have been running this Distributor in my CJ5 for 5 months now and it’s operated flawlessly. It’s built strong, looks nice and easy to install. Took about half hour to install, run the power wire and run the plug wires and it was running. Quick check with the timing light and I was within a degree of where I wanted it. I noticed a smooth idle right on start up. I would definitely buy another if I ever buy another.

1979 CJ7 258 - Removed old Distributor, wires, coil, ICM and replaced it with this Red Cap A-Team HEI yesterday. Took all of 1 hour. Things to note: this distributor doesn't have a "gasket", so lube the o-ring and the cam gear before installing. I didn't swap the old cam gear, as virtually everyone who has actually installed an HEI stated that the cam gear gets chewed only on the V8's. Of course, replaced spark plug wires with HEI wires (you have to), and re-gap'd my plugs to .044. Ran a wire from the ICM red wire w/white tracer to the pigtail on the distributor. Fired right up, and set the timing to 9 degrees BTDC. Smooth running. Now, the kicker: once I put the vacuum line on the distributor, it ran like crap. So, took it back off, plugged the vacuum line and the distributor port, and it runs fantastic. It does advance when you rev the idle, and it performs absolutely great plugged. I replaced the entire exhaust last weekend with a Thrush glass pack, and coupled with this distributor, I feel like a 7-10hp increase in performance, no more choppy idle, and (hopefully) better fuel mileage. We'll see.

Fit perfectly on my 1981 Jeep CJ7 258 CID engine. It was a replacement for the original Ford Style. Seems to be a Billet housing and not cast aluminum. So far works as designed. May need some tuning for perfect performance.

To me it was a great choice of improvement

removed the Ford style ignition in my 90 Jeep and installed this distributer. Immediately had a lot more engine power, guess the spark capacity of the old system wasn't up to par.

The distributor looked great, fit like it should, and my Jeep started right up, but timing was impossible to set. Engine had a definite miss on two cylinders and would not rev up. Not sure if the issue was the coil, pickup, or ignition module. End result was to reinstall the original ignition system and the Jeep is running great again. I believe that with proper component and assembly level testing and validation this product will be great.

Great quality, arrive on time very happy with the item.

Had some issues, one of the terminals fell out and off as I was attaching the spark plug wires, put it back together and it still worked. I contacted the company about my concerns it would fall off again and they immediately replied and sent me a new cap, pretty impressive and very good customer serve. It was a very straight forward install no issues and works great.WOW talk about great customer service. This purchase failed recently, the Coil is dead. Checked all my wiring and I'm not sure what happened so I contacted the seller, Southwest Performance Parts, and they said they will send me a replacement. That is over 1 year after I made the initial purchase. I really think it is a great distributor, very easy install, only two wires and it was very straight forward and worked great. I think I just got a bad one. I'm working on another Jeep 88 and I have purchased the same distributor for it and so far I don't have any issues with it.