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They'll be available later this week. I can't honestly answer your question. The most important thing is capacitance (in uF value). GM said condensers for their distributors should be between .18 and .23 uF and Ford said .20 to .25 uF. Don't know about MoPar. Most imports, some aircraft, tractors, etc used .21 and that actually became the standard (within degrees---the old type long ago were accurate but had devolved into being very inaccurate). And the ideal value also depends on the nature of the ignition coil.
And in my experience it is a very fine line. .18 uF may possibly work but .178 uF doesn't work. When I checked the old can type condensers, they were all over the place...from something like .09 to .26 uF...a wide range but not an accurate range. .21 uF was chosen because it seems to work best for most vehicles and is pretty much in the center of what GM wanted. My goal is to make your points last as long as possible without trouble.
Here's the deal: the wrong capacitance will cause points to burn rapidly. Too much capacitance will cause metal to be deposited on the mounting side of the point assembly. Too little capacitance will cause metal to be deposited on the arm side. As for made in Mexico v. made in China...offhand I'd guess made in Mexico might be better but in fairness I didn't have any of those to look inside, so I don't know. The ones from China should just be avoided.
