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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 10:12 AM
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I've never seen these before. Anyone know about em?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACCEL...spagenameZWD1V
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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hmmmm first I have seen of one
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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They're frickin cheap too. I'm gonna be hooking up an LTCC not too long after I buy a new optispark so I guess I might as well go for it. Anyone else?
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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I dunno, Iv never heard of it could just be a Accell cap and rotor like the msd one used to be.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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Thats what I was thinking but it says its a direct replacement for the opti. Im gonna email them and make sure. Be back.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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It IS the direct replacement opti yet it is ONLY for 95+ f bodies. They do not make the non vented opti, which sucks because the price is great.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 11:47 AM
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summit also carries them. that should be the distributor. dont know of anyone running one though. the oilite bushings seem to scare people away.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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What are oilite bushings?
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Damnit they dont have one for 94's. $#@Y#*!!
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Huzzah for vented opti's.

Can anyone inform me on oilite bushings?
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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IMo you're better off with a stock OPti. The accel unit is nothing special. Infact it's made in china, and besides the cap and rotor offers no replacement parts. It's far from an MSD unit, and I'd even say the stock unit it leaps and bounds over it.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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I'm running the Summit opti, I'll keep you posted if the T/A explodes.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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Well I went ahead and got one. I'll let you guys hear what happens.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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Jared did you ever figure out your issue with eating optis?
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 05:00 AM
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Jared did you ever figure out your issue with eating optis?
Yeah the cam pin measured 11/16" from the TIMING CHAIN, which is about 1/8" thick itself, meaning the pin was in total 13/16" long...oops. I grinded it down to 5/8", she's good to go.

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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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i wouldn`t if you look at the plug for the computor at the top left they haven`t address the issue of that plug the design of it will allow water in if you wash the motor or the water pump starts to leak check out msdignitions.com and read the improvements made by msd
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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That's not new. They were announced around the same time MSD was. Only thing special about it is the price. I wonder about the bushing though. The stock bearing is the strongest on the market so why replace it? Also isnt the Summit a rebaged accel opti?
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Summit proll is. Do they show pics of how big MSD bearing is compared to the stock one....
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