MSD opti is in and car is running!!
10-05-2007, 02:29 PM
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MSD opti is in and car is running!! I finally got to get some seat time in the car since the MSD opti was installed. First off...the MSD unit is awesome...what a nice piece...its was to cool looking to be buried behind the water pump. A for the car driving...it revs and drives and idles a whole lot smoother than it ever did with the stock one (78,000 miles). I hope to get to the track soon to see what it will run now. I have also taken the front sway bar off too, and switched to Royal Purple oil. Anyone know how much off my 60' I will lose without the swaybar? Hopefully skinnys will be next as well.
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10-05-2007, 02:42 PM
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Just wait till you have problems with the awesome piece that you never had with the 78K mile stocker.
In all likelyhood you would have been BETTWER off with the MSD cap and rotor on that old stock base. The improvement you noticed is fromn a fresh cap and rotor not from "better" parts.
Royal Purple does not do so well on the street, fine for race applications but lacks endurance.
In all likelyhood you would have been BETTWER off with the MSD cap and rotor on that old stock base. The improvement you noticed is fromn a fresh cap and rotor not from "better" parts.
Royal Purple does not do so well on the street, fine for race applications but lacks endurance.
10-05-2007, 06:33 PM
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Just wait till you have problems with the awesome piece that you never had with the 78K mile stocker.
In all likelyhood you would have been BETTWER off with the MSD cap and rotor on that old stock base. The improvement you noticed is fromn a fresh cap and rotor not from "better" parts.
Royal Purple does not do so well on the street, fine for race applications but lacks endurance.
In all likelyhood you would have been BETTWER off with the MSD cap and rotor on that old stock base. The improvement you noticed is fromn a fresh cap and rotor not from "better" parts.
Royal Purple does not do so well on the street, fine for race applications but lacks endurance.
Wait untill you super msd begin to miss.The oem one is a better choice imo.
Also the royal purple is nothing else than a fair oil thats it.
10-05-2007, 07:24 PM
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good job man
I actually have an MSD on my LT1 so I my opinion actually means something, you are gonna like it way better, my favorite thing about it is how it doesnt leak like a screen door on a sub like the oem unit does.
As long as you installed it correctly you should be 100%
I actually have an MSD on my LT1 so I my opinion actually means something, you are gonna like it way better, my favorite thing about it is how it doesnt leak like a screen door on a sub like the oem unit does.
As long as you installed it correctly you should be 100%
10-05-2007, 07:43 PM
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i prefer a stocker also, but i have heard both on the MSD... (no personal experience on an opti from them, but i do run a pro-billet on my truck and love it) who cares as long as it runs right?
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10-05-2007, 09:08 PM
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Yikes...I thought buying the MSD was a good move...now I'm not so sure...I guess time will tell. Anyone else having good experiences with the MSD opti?
10-05-2007, 09:16 PM
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I've had mine in for about 5k miles and have had no problems whatsoever. I can say that I used the new square gasket from MSD though. I read about people having trouble with the round o-ring rolling off the lip of the distributor or just people installing it wrong. I have revved it to 6500rpm multiple times without as much as a hiccup. I absolutely love mine and wouldn't trade it for a GM.
10-06-2007, 09:56 AM
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Yeah no kidding! It seems as though as soon as anyone mentions MSD opti, the first response is always something negative about it. I have an MSD opti and it works fine...
10-06-2007, 10:08 AM
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If you pay attention the failure rate at LOW milage is higher than stock units.
People praise them because of improved running when they replace high milage units without taking into consideration ANY new cap and rotor would have done the same.
The more time I spend on these boards the more I learn you CAN NOT trust customer reviews because guys are going to want to see good in $500 parts wether there is good or not. Egos get in the way of information.
When a stocker works atall at 80K miles with an original cap and rotor that is proof of a good design, cap and rotor are wear items with any distributor, the spark jump there causes wear just like it does at the plugs.
People praise them because of improved running when they replace high milage units without taking into consideration ANY new cap and rotor would have done the same.
The more time I spend on these boards the more I learn you CAN NOT trust customer reviews because guys are going to want to see good in $500 parts wether there is good or not. Egos get in the way of information.
When a stocker works atall at 80K miles with an original cap and rotor that is proof of a good design, cap and rotor are wear items with any distributor, the spark jump there causes wear just like it does at the plugs.
10-06-2007, 10:11 AM
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If you pay attention the failure rate at LOW milage is higher than stock units.
People praise them because of improved running when they replace high milage units without taking into consideration ANY new cap and rotor would have done the same.
The more time I spend on these boards the more I learn you CAN NOT trust customer reviews because guys are going to want to see good in $500 parts wether there is good or not. Egos get in the way of information.
When a stocker works atall at 80K miles with an original cap and rotor that is proof of a good design, cap and rotor are wear items with any distributor, the spark jump there causes wear just like it does at the plugs.
People praise them because of improved running when they replace high milage units without taking into consideration ANY new cap and rotor would have done the same.
The more time I spend on these boards the more I learn you CAN NOT trust customer reviews because guys are going to want to see good in $500 parts wether there is good or not. Egos get in the way of information.
When a stocker works atall at 80K miles with an original cap and rotor that is proof of a good design, cap and rotor are wear items with any distributor, the spark jump there causes wear just like it does at the plugs.
10-06-2007, 12:11 PM
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Right, I replaced my cap and rotor when I did my head gaskets. Well fast forward 6 months later and a thousand miles(I was in Japan for 5 months) and the stock bottom half of the opti failed. Why? Rust. Hell there was a little in there when I did the cap and rotor, I should have returned those items and got a new unit then. Now with the msd unit, it is supposedly sealed better and also is vented, I didn't have to go out and get a 95+ timing chain or any of that other garbage to get a vented opti. I've thought about it now, I have probably about 20k or so on it.
10-06-2007, 01:44 PM
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I think that MSD opti approval thread is a good idea
Anyways, Oem opti isnt bad, but it does have its major flaws, three piece design, two of which are a polymer, gaskets on those are not replaceable. the open port on top for the optical sensor
all of these has been improved on the MSD, and to go further the MSD has a thicker disc and thicker housing, which both resist flexing and failure
plus its cool and red and has a name brand emblazoned across the front so it has to be the best
Anyways, Oem opti isnt bad, but it does have its major flaws, three piece design, two of which are a polymer, gaskets on those are not replaceable. the open port on top for the optical sensor
all of these has been improved on the MSD, and to go further the MSD has a thicker disc and thicker housing, which both resist flexing and failure
plus its cool and red and has a name brand emblazoned across the front so it has to be the best
10-07-2007, 06:24 PM
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I think that MSD opti approval thread is a good idea
Anyways, Oem opti isnt bad, but it does have its major flaws, three piece design, two of which are a polymer, gaskets on those are not replaceable. the open port on top for the optical sensor
all of these has been improved on the MSD, and to go further the MSD has a thicker disc and thicker housing, which both resist flexing and failure
plus its cool and red and has a name brand emblazoned across the front so it has to be the best
Anyways, Oem opti isnt bad, but it does have its major flaws, three piece design, two of which are a polymer, gaskets on those are not replaceable. the open port on top for the optical sensor
all of these has been improved on the MSD, and to go further the MSD has a thicker disc and thicker housing, which both resist flexing and failure
plus its cool and red and has a name brand emblazoned across the front so it has to be the best
I think the issues I am expieriencing now are from my fuel pump on its way out! I was driving down the road and it just died out for no reason to speak of (didn't want to start back up right away either), gets 200 mi to a tank of gas after a tune up (but may need a computer tune after the OR LTs and Y), and the performance is not where it should be for whats been done to the car! If the fuel pump was going out, then it would get poor performance, mileage due to low fuel pressure and possibly cause hesitation under full throttle in higher rpms, and die out unexpectedly when crusing down the road at 50, right? I am going to start a thread for this, sorry for the hyjack!