Distributor caps

I use the one on the left on the 86.

I think it was the 82 and 83 that had all the posts comming straight out. The 84-6 had some of the posts coming off the side like that. Either stlye will work there is no other differences. I prefer the one with them all coming straight out.

i bought a brand new toyota one, and it looks very similar to that one.....so that will work......

The strangest thing. I pulled a set of aftermarket plug wires from an 84 parts car with that style distributor cap. Obviously they wouldn't fit with the straight cap but I tried and couldn't get them to fit on another 84 with the same cap - a couple of them were too short. How they ever fit on the donor car I'll never know. I wound up buying an aftermarket dist cap $10 (straight style) and aftermarket wires ($26) that are too long (but they work fine). If money weren't an issue, I'd just go to the dealer next time and get both. I hate having plug wires that aren't arranged neatly.

Phil D.

does anyone make copper distributor caps anymore? i upgraded my ignition coil not to long ago and it seems to eat up that cheap shitty aluminum.

Havent found one yet for the 5M, I used to be able to get them for my celica 22r though.

Mine is round

Both 6mge's that I got came with the caps with posts coming off the side. I replaced them with 'normal' caps.