LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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Last night I was driving my car, only had been running for maybe 10 minutes and I was not driving hard at all. Left from a redlight and shifted in to third gear and pop, no throttle response, rpm's just dropped to nothing and the car died right after that. Rolled into a parking lot left it there overnight. This morning went and got it, had plenty of oil, no signs of leaks on the pavement or anything and drove it home very cautiously. I have no idea what happened but I am thinking it must have been something serious for it to just die like that but I dont know. Let me know what you guys think.
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 08:28 PM
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sounds like early symptoms of a failing opti.
Lemme guess, your car just turned over and wouldn't start after it died ?
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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Opti. Probably runs okay cold, then it gets warm and when you give it gas it stutters. More likely a cap and rotor replacement will do, depending on the mileage on the car.
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 11:52 PM
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Actually it started up the next day, strange then because the opti cant be more than a year old. But i would rather have it be just a cap and rotor then a new short block.
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Old Dec 23, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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optis do wierd **** i had a gm one with msd cap rotor go after 600 miles got the MSD pro billet now
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Old Dec 23, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TAdriven98
Actually it started up the next day, strange then because the opti cant be more than a year old. But i would rather have it be just a cap and rotor then a new short block.
If the opti is only one year old that probably wasn't the problem then. It just sounds like, because you heard a pop, the spark was cut off. It's got to be electrical.
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