LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 06-27-2006, 10:12 AM
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I've never seen these before. Anyone know about em?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACCEL...spagenameZWD1V
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hmmmm first I have seen of one
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They're frickin cheap too. I'm gonna be hooking up an LTCC not too long after I buy a new optispark so I guess I might as well go for it. Anyone else?
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I dunno, Iv never heard of it could just be a Accell cap and rotor like the msd one used to be.
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Thats what I was thinking but it says its a direct replacement for the opti. Im gonna email them and make sure. Be back.
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It IS the direct replacement opti yet it is ONLY for 95+ f bodies. They do not make the non vented opti, which sucks because the price is great.
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summit also carries them. that should be the distributor. dont know of anyone running one though. the oilite bushings seem to scare people away.
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What are oilite bushings?
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Damnit they dont have one for 94's. $#@Y#*!!
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Huzzah for vented opti's.

Can anyone inform me on oilite bushings?
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IMo you're better off with a stock OPti. The accel unit is nothing special. Infact it's made in china, and besides the cap and rotor offers no replacement parts. It's far from an MSD unit, and I'd even say the stock unit it leaps and bounds over it.
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I'm running the Summit opti, I'll keep you posted if the T/A explodes.
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Well I went ahead and got one. I'll let you guys hear what happens.
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Jared did you ever figure out your issue with eating optis?
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Originally Posted by buffman
Jared did you ever figure out your issue with eating optis?
Yeah the cam pin measured 11/16" from the TIMING CHAIN, which is about 1/8" thick itself, meaning the pin was in total 13/16" long...oops. I grinded it down to 5/8", she's good to go.

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i wouldn`t if you look at the plug for the computor at the top left they haven`t address the issue of that plug the design of it will allow water in if you wash the motor or the water pump starts to leak check out msdignitions.com and read the improvements made by msd
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That's not new. They were announced around the same time MSD was. Only thing special about it is the price. I wonder about the bushing though. The stock bearing is the strongest on the market so why replace it? Also isnt the Summit a rebaged accel opti?
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Summit proll is. Do they show pics of how big MSD bearing is compared to the stock one....



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