Tip: OEM Distributor w/Heatshield for an AE86...

[assassin10000]

Tired of melting your distributor cap? Want a heatshield for your AE86 distributor? Don't want to buy a crappy one from Aerodyne? Want OEM quality?

There is a solution, get a distributor from an 85-87 MR-2. (The 88-89 MR-2 may also work, but I have NOT personally confirmed it. BTW - did the first 4 sentences sound too much like an infomercial, or is it just me? )

They come with a 4AGE bluetop just like the AE86, but it has a slightly different distributor. The MR-2 distributor housing, and distributor cap are different. The housing has mounts for a factory equipped heatshield, and the cap angles upwards for more clearance in the MR-2 mid-engine bay. The internals, and rotor are identical. All you have to do is exchange them, you can even use your AE86 sparkplug wires by looping/routing them a little differently.





Andrew

p.s. Yes, I know. This is pretty common knowledge, especially for those of us that have been around a while. But I figured it would be good to give information/confirmation to those looking for relatively cheap OEM options/upgrades. Who haven't heard of this, or seen it for themselves.

[daveskatesallday]

man this sucks i just trashed the mr2 distributor b/c i needed to cut a connector from it @_@

i didn't even know you could use it's distributor but i was curious about it i took the heat shield from the mr2 one i just wanna figure how to mount it to the ae86 one

[assassin10000]

Well, if you still have the housing you can swap the electronics from your AE86 one into the MR2 housing.

Andrew

[McKenney]

And for those needing a replacement one, O'Reilly Auto parts offers the rebuilt one for an MR2 but not a Corolla. That's how I figured out it'd work. The rotor and wires are the same though.

[86boy]

I have one of those handy MR2 distributors already since the engine that's in my car came from an MR2. I just left the distributor, but it didn't have one of those handy little heat shields.... might have to look for one.