bad day for the Camaro
bad day for the Camaro well I took the camao out yeasteday in 110 degree tx weather and I was getting on the highway and was pulling her to around 5k rpm and bang I hear like a backfire from the motor then I look at the gauge and lost all rpms and she just stated coasting I pulled out and waited for her to kind of cooldown put she would neverstart....this has to be the Optispark right?
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That is the exact same thing that happened to me when I was driving down the highway then all the sudden you've got nothing no rpm's or anything and it turned out that the opti pretty much exploded on the inside when I took it apart.
well so this is what im getting .. got the OPTI from the parts lady on ebay with a msd cap and rotor and got a oem timing chain because i know its never been changed. i already rebuilt the whole top end just hope the bottom can last.. has 143,000 miles.. looking for a longblock shorty
Good luck man, I got and opti from the parts lady, but that was before MSD had anything available and its been holding up for about 3 years (knock on wood) and I spin mine to 7k rpms, just be sure to locktite the rotor screws 
