Opti-sparks


yup, me and my friends jumped the camaro off yesterday, cleaned it up and bit and went to south of the border to get some fireworks. Last night I got some cleaning stuff and picked up some simple green and just finished cleaning up the engine bay. I tried not to soak the front of the motor but it had to be cleaned, there was grease caked on there really bad.

so anyways, I go to try and crank it, no luck. its acting like its flooding so I guess I'll have to let it dry out for a bit then go for it again =/


Damn you opti-crap!!!

 

holy hell, jsut went to try and start iy up again and had a backfire through the intake. I thought the friggen motor caught on fire =/



hurry up and dry you POS!!

 

get a blowdryer to it. dont tell me you let the water pour onto it.

 

no, i let the water slide down off the top of the intake and down the sides but I didnt get the hose near the opti itself

 

you shouldve shoved a few rags between the top of the cap and the waterpump. when i sprayed mine i had water channeling like that down the front but my opti was covered with a plastic bag and rags.

 

i had a plastic bag hangin down but it fell off =/ hope that damn thing isnt fried the trucks at gramps hosue and we took insurance off the roll back and wreckers

 

get a blowdryer to it

 

im gonna get the leaf blower to it after I eat dinner

 

Its strange (and I guess I am lucky)...I've washed my engine many times without any issues with the optispark.

 

the optispark is roasting him. they need to have some fun too.

 

the 220mph leaf blower did it. fired right up after the 2nd try. revved it for about 30 secs, tis fine now.


but my opinion stays the same, screw the opti-crap. the retard who designed that thing needs to be shot

 

Cool.

Whatever "engineer" designed the opti spark at least needs to have his head hammered.

 

yes the opti was a horrible idea, works well when it wants to but they're just too temperamental. Might as well have gone with a distributor.

 

Lets write a petition to have all 93-97 cars recalled and fitted with coil packs

 

we can only wish

 

if they dont accept our petition I can take some pics of myself and send it to them with a note saying, do it or you'll have new ones every single day

 

GM High Tech Performance just had an article a few issues ago about replacing the opti with the coil packs. If you want more info, I can pull the rag out later, just let me know.

BTW, Opti is why I went with an LS1 and passed on the LT1 back in 2000.

 

well ive got both, and the ls1 isnt running. im actually selling the lt1, i just got an offer for 1500 cash but i want a 12 bolt for the t/a so im not gonig lower than 1500, but i am shooting for 1750.

 

They make coil pack conversions for LT1's but they don't have good track records. GMHTP did a writeup on one and couldn't even get it to work right. Lots of missfires.

 

Right there with ya..

The Opti in theory is not a bad idea..the location is the killer.

I have Coil Packs now..but never had a problem out of the one that I had. Have fun changin it..