lt1 management on an gen 1 small block?? who's done it?
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lt1 manegment on an gen 1 small block?? whos done it?
i badly need to convert my hot rod to EFI so i can do forced induction later on, i can get a wrecked lt1 motor with all sensors+ecm intact. My only problem is the optispark thingy, so my question is....
#1) can i somehow install optispark on a gen1 block? or
#2) if i can get a standard distributor from a truck, and adapt make it work in place of the optispark??
anybody??
#1) can i somehow install optispark on a gen1 block? or
#2) if i can get a standard distributor from a truck, and adapt make it work in place of the optispark??
anybody??
#3
Have you considered using a MegaSquirt setup and building you own intake system?
Here is a link to one of the main sites for MegaSquirt. It contains more links so you can get as much information as you want.
http://www.bgsoflex.com/megasquirt.html
My current project is getting an LT1 but I have an old Holly Projection system that I plan on using with MegaSquirt in another project later on.
ZcarGuy
Here is a link to one of the main sites for MegaSquirt. It contains more links so you can get as much information as you want.
http://www.bgsoflex.com/megasquirt.html
My current project is getting an LT1 but I have an old Holly Projection system that I plan on using with MegaSquirt in another project later on.
ZcarGuy
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The opti is not half as bad as it's reputation just use the LT1 with opti. One tip I give guys that really seems to have made a difference for me and get a lot of "why didn't I think of that" is to take a little of the sparkplug wire grease and put it on the weatherpack connector seal at the top of the opti. That is where it is most vulnerable to water or a leaking WP a little grease seals it right up. My opti has been drenched in the dreaded Dexcool a couple times with no lasting ill effects, the wet plugwires caused an occasional miss but that went away once the leaks were fixed. An LT1 can be made to run a standard distributor you need to keep the opti though it just will no longer distribute the spark. I have heard murmers about adapting the optical wheel that makes an opti an opti to work with an HEI another thought.
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2plus2,
The Megasquirt II system can control spark. It's also called Megasquirt and Spark.
Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2
ZcarGuy
The Megasquirt II system can control spark. It's also called Megasquirt and Spark.
Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2
ZcarGuy
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Originally Posted by zcarguy
2plus2,
The Megasquirt II system can control spark. It's also called Megasquirt and Spark.
Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2
ZcarGuy
The Megasquirt II system can control spark. It's also called Megasquirt and Spark.
Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.megasquirt.info/ms2
ZcarGuy
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Originally Posted by 2plus2
i badly need to convert my hot rod to EFI so i can do forced induction later on, i can get a wrecked lt1 motor with all sensors+ecm intact. My only problem is the optispark thingy, so my question is....
#1) can i somehow install optispark on a gen1 block? or
#2) if i can get a standard distributor from a truck, and adapt make it work in place of the optispark??
anybody??
#1) can i somehow install optispark on a gen1 block? or
#2) if i can get a standard distributor from a truck, and adapt make it work in place of the optispark??
anybody??
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