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Originally Posted by Sun Tuned
As the points supply dries up the quality of the new ones is gonna leave you frantically searching for an alternative there also Cliff. No taster if if but most certainly when. And those wonderful napa cs89's everyone was liking a year ago...
Go buy a new set now that Standard bought out Echlin and you will soon find out that at approx 4100 rpm you will end up with a lot of Vince that the same points didn't exhibit last year.
Buyer beware.
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I've wondered about supply and demand. I haven't had much trouble getting the Accel points. The speed shops in Phoenix still have them hanging on the walls, and I usually grab a set just to have them when I'm there. I've bought a couple sets from Summit no problem, one set just recently.
They still offer stockish 23 ounce, 32 ounce, and 48 ounce sets, and they all come with the rubbing block felt and a little squirt of grease. Only set I've ever found that still does that these days.
As far as quality goes, they still seem to be just as good as they were 40 years ago. I typically run the 23 ounce sets and they go to 7,000 rpm without any issues. They still have solid contacts, not that cheap $20 hollow crap you get with no name store bought sets that seem to burn up quickly and can't be filed. The 20 year old Accel set I pulled out just recently that has seen more than 50,000 miles still looked pretty darn good. A quick touch with a file had the contact surface looking like new. I kept those and will reuse them at a later date.
If for some reason supply dried up I'll have to cross that road when I get there but for now the points do an excellent job in our cars.