Don't Buy the Rockauto.com ACDelco ICM

[Nascar83Fan]

If the napa stores around town here were closer to me and had longer hours of being open, i might of given that one a try. But they don't always have stuff in stock and i had went with what had worked for me in the past that wasn't overly expensive that was readily available in town. I am sure that echlin is a good alternative brand ICM that's lighter on the wallet, just a matter of time when the options dwindle down to very slim choices and the TR6 brand ICM option ends up being possibly the only quality one left for our cars.


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[bison]

Many years ago my GN quit and I rolled into a gas station lot. Got a ride to AutoZone and bought a module which turned out to be a Wells brand. The car started but seemed like it was running on three cylinders. Went back, exchanged it and got the same result. Tried a third and got pissed. Got a refund and went to NAPA and wound up with an Echlin brand module. Worked like a champ for years until the car got swiped.

I just looked it up on napaonline.com. Part number TP400; reg. $219, on sale for $197.10.

I've seen a brand new Echlin suck the big one right out of the box. I've also seen the same results as Mike when testing aftermarket modules. They are garbage


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[Nascar83Fan]

I guess depending on what the owner is doing with their TR performance level wise and their budget is gonna dictate if they decide to spend the money for a TR6 ICM or decide to just hope one of the aftermarket brand ICM's work for them if they can't find an oem ICM to keep their TR going.
Kind of a crapshoot these days i suppose, catch 22'd either way. Gonna spend a bit of money now on a tr6 or over time spend money if the ICM acts up causing to go get replacements every so often.
The perks of being different from everyone else, but a blast to drive also.



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[GNVenom]

... i'm talking about years not months...

Years ago, Autozone used a different manufacturer. Lately, the current parts offered are problem parts.