msd distributor
#16
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Originally Posted by JasonK94Z
Yeah really guys, whats so bad about the opti? If you have an electric water pump, then you no longer have the threat of the factory water pump leaking all over it. My opti has lasted 84,000 miles now. I replaced it last week since my water pump has been leaking for a few months now. I was surprised how good of shape the old opti was in still when iI took it apart. New opti, and electrip wp, I'm all set for a long time now.
#17
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Originally Posted by Honda Hunter
Search after search, board after board I still cant get enough info to gather what's best between the delteq and the dynaspark. Why are you going Dynaspark?
#18
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You can buy almost 3 new GM optis for the price of a Dynaspark. I don't deny it being a better put together unit, just don't seeing it being such a great bang for the buck. If it was cheaper, it would be more enticing.
#19
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My opti has 106,000 mi. and it is still going strong. Like what was said before when people go through 3 or 4 optis it's usually right after a cam swap and go ou because of the dowel pin length. You just have to keep coolant and other liquids away from it and it will perform just fine.
#20
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Originally Posted by shoebox
You can buy almost 3 new GM optis for the price of a Dynaspark. I don't deny it being a better put together unit, just don't seeing it being such a great bang for the buck. If it was cheaper, it would be more enticing.
#21
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The only real bad design flaw of the opti that makes it tough to live with is the rotor. They just kind of melt a little tab that holds the metal conductor on the rotor. My buddy had a new opti on his car only about 10k old and he was getting on it and the rotor just came apart.
#22
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Most opti bashing is the result of ignorance, not a perfect piece but much better than it's reputation. Even the reports of it's sensitivity to water and coolant are grossly overstated. As a distributor is has a cap and rotor that will wear, since they are more expensive and difficult to replace routinely like most people would say an HEI cap they are left to fail often past 100K and people sream and cry about how bad it is. But wait stop a second and think would you leave a cap and rotor on any other distributor that long, and if you did would you blame the eventual wearing out an failure on poor design? A reasonable intelligent person would not since with the arcing going on inside a distributor there will be wear just like sparkplugs. I find it amazing and frustrating how people will spend hundreds of dollars and more to try to "fix" something not broken and put blind faith in aftermarket stuff being better even when completely untested. The MSD will have to be out IN QUANTITY for several years before any sort of intelligent statements as to it's superiority or inferiority to the stocker. Once it is released sure go ahead and use one if your opti needs a new cap and rotor, it will be just a few dollars more and add a splash of color underhood but do not tout the superiority of it till you have pushed it past where your stocker died.
#23
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Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
Most opti bashing is the result of ignorance, not a perfect piece but much better than it's reputation. Even the reports of it's sensitivity to water and coolant are grossly overstated. As a distributor is has a cap and rotor that will wear, since they are more expensive and difficult to replace routinely like most people would say an HEI cap they are left to fail often past 100K and people sream and cry about how bad it is. But wait stop a second and think would you leave a cap and rotor on any other distributor that long, and if you did would you blame the eventual wearing out an failure on poor design? A reasonable intelligent person would not since with the arcing going on inside a distributor there will be wear just like sparkplugs. I find it amazing and frustrating how people will spend hundreds of dollars and more to try to "fix" something not broken and put blind faith in aftermarket stuff being better even when completely untested. The MSD will have to be out IN QUANTITY for several years before any sort of intelligent statements as to it's superiority or inferiority to the stocker. Once it is released sure go ahead and use one if your opti needs a new cap and rotor, it will be just a few dollars more and add a splash of color underhood but do not tout the superiority of it till you have pushed it past where your stocker died.
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