Opti problems in the rain!!!!!!!!!
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Staging Lane
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Opti problems in the rain!!!!!!!!! I have a 96 camaro with lt1 me and my wife were goin to the road house last nite in the rain. Bout half way there it started raininf harder ad my (ses) light start flashing and doin all kinds of crazy stuff is it win the light started flashing cat had no power u would half to give it more gas to make it keep up then the light would quit flashing the car would have power and almost lost car lol. So is there maybe like a water shield or something thay make to keep water off opti or thay mite not even even be problem.oh ya went to vatozone last nite to clear code witch it was p0300 mutiple misfire witch makes me think opti if ne one has some answers would be greatly appriciate thanks guys.
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Staging Lane
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Its doin good man u can build a trany lol its bad *** i appriciate it again like always shifts great couldnt ask for nething better wer did u say i could get that opti sheild at can u remember.and one more thing wat u guna charge me to rebuild my 350 turbo and transfercase for my blazer
well my 1st question is...is this the factory Opti or has it been replaced?? and if not how many miles are on the car??
reason I ask is cause My 95 did this but it wasn't the Opti, it was actually the Coil and about 4 fouled plugs
reason I ask is cause My 95 did this but it wasn't the Opti, it was actually the Coil and about 4 fouled plugs
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Staging Lane
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Staging Lane
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The intake just needs to be tapped in the right spot and an older style distributor can be installed. There was a guy who was doing the conversion on LT1 intakes a while back, if I find his site I'll PM you.
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Staging Lane
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Ok thanks bro greatly appriciated would u go and nd replace cape and **** since i got water in her
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I thought if you get the vented opti an you seal it properly then you should have no problem aside from the back seal wearing out.... My buddy runs the msd version and it has roller bearings in the back and the only problem he has now is the bolts for the rotor button were backing out... locktited the crap out of them we will see how that does.
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Staging Lane
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I thought if you get the vented opti an you seal it properly then you should have no problem aside from the back seal wearing out.... My buddy runs the msd version and it has roller bearings in the back and the only problem he has now is the bolts for the rotor button were backing out... locktited the crap out of them we will see how that does.
The MSD Unit comes with a gasket the goes between the cap and the actual opti...to seal a stock style unit I would assume you would just get some permatex gasket maker and make you own seal between the cap and Opti???
I thought if you get the vented opti an you seal it properly then you should have no problem aside from the back seal wearing out.... My buddy runs the msd version and it has roller bearings in the back and the only problem he has now is the bolts for the rotor button were backing out... locktited the crap out of them we will see how that does.
ok, the guy (John) who used to run the business that modified the LT1 intakes to work with a distributor is no longer in business. I found a mirror for his old site though that shows how to do it.
How to modify LT1 intake for use with distributor.
The pictures can't be clicked on and made larger, but they are big enough to see what he's talking about. If you don't want to give this a try then you can always either replace your opti with a different unit or get rid of it all together with a Delteq Direct Opti Replacement Unit. It's just under $800, but it takes the opti out of the equation completely.
How to modify LT1 intake for use with distributor.
The pictures can't be clicked on and made larger, but they are big enough to see what he's talking about. If you don't want to give this a try then you can always either replace your opti with a different unit or get rid of it all together with a Delteq Direct Opti Replacement Unit. It's just under $800, but it takes the opti out of the equation completely.