Changing my dizz and rotory arm

[cosmos]

Got my Dizzy capfrom Ben Formesyn the copper inserts with special bonding to the terminal posts type now thats worth £70. Bosche used to do brass terminals, great spark, decrud once a year last for years.

[Harold]

I've had a blueprint dizzy cap on my car for about three years and 12k miles, still working perfectly.

I'm not say the blueprint ones aint good, i've used them in the past, just if i have the spare money at the time i prefer to go OEM

Your logical could be applied to tyres. If i never spun out on a set of ditch finders does mean it applies to everyone or say TR1 are not worth more? Some people drive differently

That logic doesn't really apply, the oem & blueprint dizzy caps will both work just as well as each other but the blueprint probably won't last as long but only costs about £20. Whereas with tyres a premium tyre would out perform a ditchfinder in every respect.
If it was the case that the pattern parts didn't perform as well then i would replace with oem. I do not skimp on parts for my car, especially tyres, but that doesn't mean i don't take cost effectiveness into consideration.

[Peter Gidden]

That logic doesn't really apply.

Some might suggest your logic is also flawed...

probably won't last as long.

that doesn't mean i don't take cost effectiveness into consideration.

[Harold]

That logic doesn't really apply.

Some might suggest your logic is also flawed...

probably won't last as long.

that doesn't mean i don't take cost effectiveness into consideration.

Considering it costs a quarter of the price I think it's been quite a cost effective purchase.

[TheBaker]

I did mine few years back with a cheap(ebay) parts, if I was doing it again, I'd prob buy genuine, the rotor arm got destroyed after a few weeks.

Put the old(Toyota) one back in and it was fine. Distributor cap was fine though.

Little tale for y'all.

[jimGTS]

blueprint rotor arm and dizzy cap is and was fine on my old 400hp rev5 turbo!

[toxo]

If anything the wildly varied tales just go to prove that their quality control is terrible. You might get a good part, you might not

[Gullzter]

Lol i like this thread as ill be looking at the condition of my rotor and dizzy in next few weeks although ive already decided on genuine (i think)

[jon]

If you're interested there is a guide somewhere written by a guy in the US on modifying your dizzy cap to have copper contacts. Paul Port did a load and they are still floating around now!

I've got one of those, still going strong after 7 or so years! I just check the dizzy cap every couple of years, find it still looks OK and put it back on again