jankie93z

will the cap off a 93 94 opti work on a 95 96 97 opti? thanks for the help

TRANSAM GT4

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No, 93 and 94 are non-vented and 95 up were vented.

jankie93z

ya im doing an opti swap for a buddy and he is cheap to say the least and doesnt wanna buy a new cap i knew the vented and non vented but i wasnt sure if you could swap the cap anyway so i dont have to have this car in my way anymore since he wont spend the money

ss.slp.ls1

iTrader: (36)

I think it should work fine. You could just cap off the vent port on the base and it would essentially become a non-vented opti.

TRANSAM GT4

iTrader: (1)

Some of the other guys may know a way around it but as far as I know, it won't work at all.

jankie93z

thats what i was thinkin i just didnt wanna be the first one to try it and it go all bad on a car im workin on plus my buddy wont spend any money he has 500 projects and never has got one done and the car im putting the opti in is really nice i just dont get some people lol

ss.slp.ls1

iTrader: (36)

It's his car. Get it running and let him deal with it later if anything goes wrong. I don't think anything would, but I wouldn't be too concerned.

TRANSAM GT4

iTrader: (1)

Hmmm, has anyone ever done this? Just wondering....

jankie93z

i hope cuz im about to try it lol im at the shop now waiting on the 93 94 cap to get here

TRANSAM GT4

iTrader: (1)

I hope it works out, let us know for future reference anyway.

jankie93z

will do!!! i hope it works just so i dont have to look at the car anymore lol

jankie93z

well so far so good it bolts together lol

Formula350

iTrader: (3)

I'm 95% sure you cannot. Otherwise you'd be able to do the reciprocal and make a 93-94 vented (MSD excluded) with out having to get the timing cover and vented Opti unit.

jankie93z

i just bolted the 93 94 cap right on the 95 and up opti the rotor is the same and the cap minus the vents is the same

Formula350

iTrader: (3)

Well take the old Vented cap and put it on the 93 94 Opti and let us know If it's that easy to vent our Opti's w/o buying the MSD unit, that'd make a lot of us happier lol

jankie93z

i just bolted it together now too see if it will run? thats the important part lol ill let ya know in an hour or two

shbox

That is only half of the venting ports needed. The other port is in the body of the opti. Putting a vented cap on a non-vented opti is part of how you convert a non-vented to vented. http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/16758/index.html


Caps will swap. It's just having (or not having) the vent.

jankie93z

so will it work? like if i bolt it on will it run

RamAir95TA

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Yes, it will work, but you lose the vent function.

jankie93z

dont care about the vent just as long as it will run. opti's dont last long enough to worry about vented or non vented