AC Delco is GM's OE supplier. NAPA is an aftermarket supplier. They are not
equal. AC Delco is a superior product. I have no interest in either company. I
do have 40 experience in the automotive service industry.
Michael Cotton
Hunter 23, S/V High Cotton
Denver Co
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> From: dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:32 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Marine vs Automotive parts
>
>
>
>
>If it matters to you Damien I always
used NAPA or AC Delco parts on the Atomic 4 in my 27 when I owned that boat,
but I changed things like plugs, condenser, points, rotor button and distributor
cap out at the start of every season and did a proper dwell angle set on the
points and timing on the distributor as a matter of getting ready; the parts
don’t cost much and changing them out every year is not very expensive
compared to pains associated with poor operation. I also carried a spare
ignition coil and alternator belt on board. Some changed out parts stayed on
as backups, like plugs for example which should go more than 1 season easy. The
carb is fairly simple and I don’t think it needs much except to be kept
clean…don’t even remember that I had a fuel filter on that system.
>
>Dwight Veinot
>C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
>Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
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>From:CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On
Behalf Of Damien Morrissey
>Sent: May 16, 2013 2:00 PM
>To: CnC-List@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Stus-List Marine vs
Automotive parts
>
>Thanks Bill Bina for
the explanation - excerpt below ..
>I knew there had to be a
better reason that just gouging us ""rich" boating types ....
>
>As for the parts I needed
for the Atomic 4 engine, the parts list I used came from Stu's list on the
C&C Photoalbum and I thought they were the right ones. I thought the
list even said that Napa
was a great source for the parts.
>
>I guess I'll have to take
at look at what I did last summer and determine if it's safe and up to snuff
............
>
>Damien
>"Melissa Anne"
- for now, I may change her name
>33'
>Bay of Islands Yacht
Club
>Corner Brook , NL
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>Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 09:08:18 -0400
>From: Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Re: Stus-List A4 Blues
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>A big note of caution is needed when using automotive parts in a marine
>application:
>
>"One of the most common questions my marina customers ask me on a daily
>basis is what is the difference between marine and auto parts. Many
>people will ask for a part and when given a price will tell me that they
>can get the same part at the local auto parts store for half the price.......
>
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