opti?
Originally Posted by cb94ta
Is it worth it to just replace the cap and rotor on the opti or should I just a buy an entirely new opti?
If you buy another Optispark, do yourself a favor and don't try to save a buck by getting a reman unit at an auto parts store. They are pretty much all crap. Only more trouble. Get a new one at the GM dealer, or keep the one you have.
Good luck, Ed
Last edited by Ed Wright; Nov 28, 2005 at 04:46 PM.
Originally Posted by 97SprChrgd383
delteq.. I wish I could get a delteq system. That would be great.
Ed
Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I have had a bunch of LTX cars through here for tuning, many running that set up. Haven't seen one yet make any more power, or do anything else better than a plain old factory Optispark. They still won't rev past 7300, etc. Just looks like more crap to bolt on the car. A shop on the east coast I tune for installs a lot of those, and keeps telling me I need one for mine. So far, I can't see an upside. Has anybody actually run a back-to-back dyno test, with controlled oil & water temps? If you do not duplicate oil and water temps between dyno pulls, tests for small changes won't be acurate.
Ed
Ed
Originally Posted by Ed Wright
If you buy another Optispark, do yourself a favor and don't try to save a buck by getting a reman unit at an auto parts store. They are pretty much all crap. Only more trouble. Get a new one at the GM dealer, or keep the one you have.
Good luck, Ed
Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I have had a bunch of LTX cars through here for tuning, many running that set up. Haven't seen one yet make any more power, or do anything else better than a plain old factory Optispark. They still won't rev past 7300, etc. Just looks like more crap to bolt on the car. A shop on the east coast I tune for installs a lot of those, and keeps telling me I need one for mine. So far, I can't see an upside. Has anybody actually run a back-to-back dyno test, with controlled oil & water temps? If you do not duplicate oil and water temps between dyno pulls, tests for small changes won't be acurate.
Ed
Ed
john needs something to do this winter
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
When you do (either way you go) make sure you locktite the two small screws holding the rotor in place. 95% of the "blown up" Optisparks you hear about simply had the rotor come off. Most alway tears up other things inside when it does. Those screws are never tight when the distributor comes out of the box. Many don't make it a day before coming off.
If you buy another Optispark, do yourself a favor and don't try to save a buck by getting a reman unit at an auto parts store. They are pretty much all crap. Only more trouble. Get a new one at the GM dealer, or keep the one you have.
Good luck, Ed
If you buy another Optispark, do yourself a favor and don't try to save a buck by getting a reman unit at an auto parts store. They are pretty much all crap. Only more trouble. Get a new one at the GM dealer, or keep the one you have.
Good luck, Ed
was funny when it happened as ed says " welp there went the opti rotor im done " closes laptop and says you got a trailor
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Originally Posted by cb94ta
thansk guys anyone know if the msd cap and rotor kit is worth the money?
I have tested most ignition amplifiers available, and the only one that ever made any more power at all on an LTX car was the ACCELL 300+ Digital. Picked mine up 3 to 5 rwhp, but only above 6600 RPM. On blown LTX engines I have seen as high as 8 to 12 rwhp. MSD was usually 1 to 3 rwhp, but only below 3500 RPM. Never any gains at all above that, as long as the factory ignition system was in good shape. Crane, Mallory, etc, never showed me any gains at all. The ACCELL box has not bothered my cap & rotor at all.
If you toss the Delteq system up in the air, it comes back down. Right? If it makes no more power, it aint going on my car. I might take Jeff up on testing his Delteq this winter. Then we would all know.
Take care, Ed
Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I might take Jeff up on testing his Delteq this winter. Then we would all know.
Take care, Ed
Take care, Ed
sorry to ***** this thread, but I was kind of intersted in buying a delteq system. Does anyone have a used one they don't want. I will take it off of your hands if it is within my price range and budget.
I heard the msd cap and rotor works alright.
I heard the msd cap and rotor works alright.