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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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I am building an 95 iron head for a Jeep conversion. I read some scary stuff about the optispark so I'm considering the MSD probillet. Good choice?
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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i would consider the LTCC conversion, and i know there is another option similar to it as well but i cant remember. i believe it only relies on the opti for the signal, but i am not 100% sure. if you search im sure you can find something.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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Thanks, I can't agree with the thumbnail under your user name enough!
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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its controversial, just the way i like it it is my sense of humors opinion, not my brains.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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STUPID people make the opti sound bad, reality is it is a good piece that if often just neglected.

If you want to spend over twice as much to make things much more complicated with no tangible benifit on a mild application then the MSD is for you.

Start paying attention and a lot of advanced users like the opti just fine. It is the ignorant kids with the slow cars who most often say bad things about the opti.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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the DELTEQ system is what i was thinking of. and i agree with 96capricemgr, the problems with the opti are overstated. the problem is many people dont pay attention to it much and do something stupid that wouldnt trouble a traditional distributor. do not ever expose to water, that seems to lead to about 40% of the complaints.
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