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Old 05-12-2013, 08:11 PM
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Silly question, but I gotta know

Can anyone tell me for sure.. is the distributor cover on our 89 IROC TPI engines plastic or made out of metal that can be polished..???? Stone
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The one on my '89 is aluminum. I've seen plastic ones also. Not sure when they switched them.
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Usually plastic.
Just touch it and see
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The one on my '89 is aluminum. I've seen plastic ones also. Not sure when they switched them.

Ok, then that explains it. I saw a guy on youtube polishing his 87 TPI and he polished the dist cover, then when I pulled mine of it has a small section where the paint has been rubbed off so I'm guessing mine is plastic. Thanks guys.. Stone
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Corvettes got metal ones. Fbodys were plastic as far as I know. I could be wrong though
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Corvettes got metal ones. Fbodys were plastic as far as I know. I could be wrong though

That's what I thought.
My 1988 iroc had a plastic one.
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Corvettes got metal ones. Fbodys were plastic as far as I know. I could be wrong though
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