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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 1996firebirdformula
Still don't have this thing going yet?
h*** no waitin to get more info on an opti. tryin to get the one of a guy on here. but nope not running as of yet. but ill let you know i one thing i pushed it out of garage yesterday and that thing rolls fast! shes sweeet! hahaha jk on that one.
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:01 PM
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does my my need an opti spark I or opti spark II
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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it'll use the non vented opti
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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ordering from summit online all they that matches my car come up opti I or II whats the diffence?
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 88iroc92rs94formula
does my my need an opti spark I or opti spark II
93/94 are non-vented spline-driven optis
95-97 use the later vented pin-driven design.
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by James Montigny
93/94 are non-vented spline-driven optis
95-97 use the later vented pin-driven design.
on summit i have the car set as 94 firebird 5.7l and i still have the two choses
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 88iroc92rs94formula
on summit i have the car set as 94 firebird 5.7l and i still have the two choses

Cap and rotor kits -> http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294855357

Whole Optis -> http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294881256

If you look at the Optispark II options they say
"This distributor replaces the Optispark II vented, pin drive style OEM distributor only."

Whereas, the Optispark I options say
"This distributor replaces the Optispark I non-vented, spline drive style OEM distributor only."

It's odd that they would list both as a part for a 94. Silly websites.....
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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Man, this is a great read... Im all a flutter waiting to see how this ends
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he sold it, got tired of ******* with it, never even drove it
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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BOOOO! All the suspence and no pay off !
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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Holy crap! thats lame! i was really hoping to hear that it ran. Did he ever change the coil wire? Sounds like a carbon trail could be a possability.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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one thing lead to another man it need a new opti, water pump an a few other things dirty injectors to
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Kmaroman
one thing lead to another man it need a new opti, water pump an a few other things dirty injectors to
Bah .. all easy fixes. Sorry to hear he had to sell it. I hope he didn't take a huge loss on the deal.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 04:26 PM
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he sold it, got tired of ******* with it, never even drove it
How much did he sell it for i want a 6-speed
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one thing lead to another man it need a new opti, water pump an a few other things dirty injectors to
looks like he succumed to the fate that many lt1 owners do. he threw parts at it without properly diagnosing stuff, and when it still didnt run $500 later, he sold it.

sorry man
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Man, this is a great read... Im all a flutter waiting to see how this ends
haha bummer right?
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To bad he gave up on it. Since it had RR's I wonder if a few came loose being adjusted wrong. 2 way loose and one falling off would cause missing, backfireing, loss of power. But oh well its long gone now.
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No he didn't throw random **** at it, he had a kid on the way needed something reliable. The original owner had an electric waterpump on it when he put the stock one back on he didn't tighten all the bolts on it so it all leaked on to the opti plus it froze the pump up somehow. The wires were bad, it wouldn't stay running more then 10mins
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