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    12/05/2019 9:34 AM  #1

    TremendousWand
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    Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    I'm needing to change my MSD 6AL and don't feel like dropping $250.  Summit Racing sells their own MSD Box for $100 less.
    https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-850610/overview/


    Says it does the same thing and has lots of positive reviews.  I don't particularly like paying so much for the MSD (Holley) branding.  Seems overpriced for all that red paint.  Never bought anything directly from Summit Racing though and I don't trust reviews for their own stuff on their own site. 

    Anyone replaced after market parts with Summit Racing parts?  (I guess it's all aftermarket regardless but you know what I mean.)

     

    12/05/2019 2:35 PM  #2

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    About the ONLY place I have ever bought "hot rod" parts!!  Good quality.....super prices(price match-er)..even military discount.,,,great return policy.
    Can't hardly go worng IMHO
    6sal6

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    12/05/2019 3:41 PM  #3

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    So Summit doesn't make anything themselves.  They are selling something rebranded.  That said, there's a lot of that in the aftermarket parts industry.  I bought a Milodon water pump once and it looked like a cheaper one I'd seen online so I bought that one too to compare them.  Same exact part (casting numbers, etc. were identical).  Milodon one had a disc spot welded to the back of the impeller.  I copied the disc and sent the Milodon pump back.  Saved at least $40 as I recall.

    Now, that said, I have used other manufacturer's ignitions over the years with bad luck.  I have the same MSD-6A I've had for like two decades that still works, but I went through a 6AL and a Crane Hi-6 in only a couple of months.  I think I'd check their warranty policy and see if anyone else chimes in with specific experience with the Summit box before I bought it. 

     

    12/05/2019 3:55 PM  #4

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Didja see the $180 6AL i posted in your other thread?

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    12/07/2019 9:19 PM  #5

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Only summit brand stuff I have used was a Foxbody T5 clutch release lever. It was much better quality than the same Ford part for alot less.
    Can’t think of anything else I have “taken a risk” on.

    At least it has to be better than anything with Scott Drake on it...

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    12/08/2019 6:20 AM  #6

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Low bar MS, low bar.

     

    12/08/2019 2:57 PM  #7

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Not Summit made, but they sold it me.
    In  2005 I bought a complete Crane ignition system for $650.00, box, coil, distributer.
     A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd order a new cap and rotor. 
    Well no such luck no stock.
    I called Crane and was told no stock,they sold the ignition line to F.A.S.T. 
     Called F.A.S.T. and was told no Stock,  the particular distributer I had was one of the ones they did not carry over.
     So here I am with a $375.00 distributer that useless.
    Summit was nice enough offer to sell me another distributer.
     I wonder if a Ford distributer will work with the control box.

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    12/08/2019 3:19 PM  #8

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    MSD works with Ford distributors.  That probably will as well.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    12/10/2019 2:58 PM  #9

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    MS wrote:

    At least it has to be better than anything with Scott Drake on it...

    I absolutely agree with this statement!

    1964-1/2 D Code Coupe - 289 V8, 4 Speed Toploader, 3.00 ratio rear, Autolite 4100 Carb, 15" tires, Pertronix ignition
     

    12/10/2019 4:43 PM  #10

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Rudi wrote:

    Not Summit made, but they sold it me.
    In  2005 I bought a complete Crane ignition system for $650.00, box, coil, distributer.
     A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd order a new cap and rotor. 
    Well no such luck no stock.
    I called Crane and was told no stock,they sold the ignition line to F.A.S.T. 
     Called F.A.S.T. and was told no Stock,  the particular distributer I had was one of the ones they did not carry over.
     So here I am with a $375.00 distributer that useless.
    Summit was nice enough offer to sell me another distributer.
     I wonder if a Ford distributer will work with the control box.

    Have you tried eBay?  A part number may or may not help, but with some time searching you'd be surprised what you can find there.  I buy NOS and obsolete parts there all the time for everything from cars to tools to appliances. 
     

     

    12/10/2019 7:06 PM  #11

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Rudi wrote:

    Not Summit made, but they sold it me.
    In  2005 I bought a complete Crane ignition system for $650.00, box, coil, distributer.
     A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd order a new cap and rotor. 
    Well no such luck no stock.
    I called Crane and was told no stock,they sold the ignition line to F.A.S.T. 
     Called F.A.S.T. and was told no Stock,  the particular distributer I had was one of the ones they did not carry over.
     So here I am with a $375.00 distributer that useless.
    Summit was nice enough offer to sell me another distributer.
     I wonder if a Ford distributer will work with the control box.

    Have you tried eBay?  A part number may or may not help, but with some time searching you'd be surprised what you can find there.  I buy NOS and obsolete parts there all the time for everything from cars to tools to appliances. 
     

     
    I have exhausted all my options, I will try to find out where the product went that FAST did not acquire.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    12/11/2019 11:05 AM  #12

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Are the Summit reviews by the customers? It might be worth a shot.

    From reading different forums, it appears the old MSD stuff was better quality. I’ve read of several like TKO that had parts that’s for years. I know of one guy that carries 2 spare MSD pick-ups for the distributor cause they have gone out on him so regularly.



    Rudi wrote:

    Not Summit made, but they sold it me.
    In  2005 I bought a complete Crane ignition system for $650.00, box, coil, distributer.
     A couple of weeks ago I thought I'd order a new cap and rotor. 
    Well no such luck no stock.
    I called Crane and was told no stock,they sold the ignition line to F.A.S.T. 
     Called F.A.S.T. and was told no Stock,  the particular distributer I had was one of the ones they did not carry over.
     So here I am with a $375.00 distributer that useless.
    Summit was nice enough offer to sell me another distributer.
     I wonder if a Ford distributer will work with the control box.

     
    You might have tried this already. But I have to ask........will a typical Ford cap and rotor work on that distributor. It doesn’t seem cost effective to reinvent the wheel so to speak for a cap and rotor specific to Crane.

    John  -- 67 Mustang Coupe 390 5 speed
     

    12/11/2019 12:44 PM  #13

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    I can get a cap from F.A.S.T. that fits but the rotor is unlike any others I have seen in the past 50 plus years.
     The rotor mount hole is a "D" shape,perfectly round with a flat.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    12/11/2019 1:49 PM  #14

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    I'd see if the rotor is from something else, like a Chevy.  To me its unlikely that they made a specific part for a low volume product.  Its much more likely that they designed it to work with a common part they already had in stock.  Worst case you could probably find someone to 3D print it. 

     

    12/11/2019 4:21 PM  #15

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    Sometimes my Goggle-Fu works
    https://www.fordfe.com/need-a-rotor-for-a-crane-small-cap-distributor-t163309.html
    http://www.2040-parts.com/crane-ignition-1000-1553-distributor-rotor-for-crane-small-cap-distributors-i2163865/
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/PRESTOLITE-DISTRIBUTOR-ROTOR-N-O-S-4-100-IDJ-1029-D-/233190301742

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    12/11/2019 4:23 PM  #16

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    Re: Summit Racing Manufactured Parts?

    I've bought Summit Racing Long Tube Headers 25 years ago and Im still using them.  I bought there gauges and they worked well.   I just bought there carburetor and that works really well.  I might consider there EFI down the road if there bugs are worked out.    Steve69

     

     

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