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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 09:50 AM
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Here soon I will be doing a complete tune up and fixing my oil leak in the front of the motor. But I am confused on which optispark to go with.

Here is my dilemma I dont have alot to spend on the opti so here are my options.

MSD from autozone for - $150
CMS for $100 will probably want the top shelf with lifetime warranty.

I have tried to do alot of research but there is alot of mixed information so I would like a more direct answer on which is the better one to get. Also any suggestions on tune up parts would be great to (plug wires, plugs, oil i should use and so on).

My car is stock except for exhaust and ram air addon, its a 95 LT1 with 134k miles.

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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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The price for that msd is for the cap and motor only. I would suggest changing the whole distributor while your in there. A msd distributor is like 500 bucks.
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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The MSD from autozone is probably just the cap and rotor, not the opti. MSD opti's are in the $500-600 range.

There's alot of people that don't like what CMS said on the other forum. But I personally bought his top shelf opti and its been working great so far. I rev mine to 6.6k rpm and have put about 4k miles on it without a problem. Alot of people told me to put a AC Delco opti on, but I didn't want to spend $350+ so I bought the CMS unit. No regrets so far.
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I guess everyone has their preference on stuff..with my LT1 I used AC Delco Plugs, Wires, Oil Filter, and Castrol Oil. I use the same with my 408 LS Engine.
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Thank you for the quick responses, I think I will give cms a go.

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AC Delco, hands down the most consistent performer of any optispark.
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Anyone have suggestions on the best plugs and wires for a stock LT1?

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Originally Posted by Coyotesa
Anyone have suggestions on the best plugs and wires for a stock LT1?

-Buddy-
Stock plug wires. No real benefit with going with anything larger, other than a thicker jacket.

NGK TR55s are very popular for stock cars, along with Autolite 104s.
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Originally Posted by RamAir95TA
Stock plug wires. No real benefit with going with anything larger, other than a thicker jacket.

NGK TR55s are very popular for stock cars, along with Autolite 104s.
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