"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
03/01/2016 at 15:17 • Filed to: None
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"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
03/01/2016 at 15:17 • Filed to: None | 0
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How small these things were inside.
A customer is doing a restoration on his 94 Z28 and I just pulled it into the shop. It’s small. Like I had to put the seat the whole way back and lean it back a bit to fit my 6'3" ass inside it.
dogisbadob
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:22 |
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almost as bad as opti-spark :o
At least it has t-tops :)
Jdrentarol
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:22 |
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Better get a Mini
Or a 944
Yep, get a 944
That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:26 |
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Yeah, the 4th gens used space as poorly as any car ever built. Good size car, tiny little interior.
BeaterGT
> dogisbadob
03/01/2016 at 15:34 |
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Optispark isn’t bad as people make it out to be but hey, that’s the internet for you.
Takuro Spirit
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
03/01/2016 at 15:34 |
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Well they ARE (front) mid-engined.
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BeaterGT
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:34 |
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First thing I did was remove the rear seats, like hell I was ever putting a passenger back there!
camaroboy68ss
> BeaterGT
03/01/2016 at 15:37 |
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Its awesome when you don't have to work on it. The opti was the main reason I sold my 97 Z28
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BeaterGT
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 15:39 |
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Curious, why did you have to work on yours? I had a 94 which I think was a different design than the 95+ Optis
crowmolly
> BeaterGT
03/01/2016 at 15:39 |
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Well, this one does have the non-vented opti. But yea, not nearly as terrible. It had issues that were made even worse by cheap and shitty aftermarket replacements.
Baeromez
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:49 |
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That’s why I took the back seats out of mine. 40 lbs of useless foam.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 15:52 |
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Fourvettes are heinously cramped as well.
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camaroboy68ss
> BeaterGT
03/01/2016 at 16:01 |
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I had to do a tune up, spent more time arguing water pumps at Napa then working on the car, but I shouldn't have to disconnect exhaust and drop the starter to change plugs. The way the wires are routed to the opti is horrible
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camaroboy68ss
> crowmolly
03/01/2016 at 16:02 |
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Even the MSD stuff was junk which is surprising
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crowmolly
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 16:03 |
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Delco or no-go is the way it was for a while. At least MSD had the warranty.
I lost count of the number of people who tried in vain to do a cap/rotor swap to repair a fouled out opti.
Edit: I don’t know what to make of MSD lately. For a long time they were the company to get your stuff from. But there’s an issue with distributors rusting under the cap and other stuff that makes me wonder.
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camaroboy68ss
> crowmolly
03/01/2016 at 16:09 |
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Haven't ran anything MSD lately, my 33 Ford has a old 6AL box but I'm still running Delco points in the distributor it's work great. Maybe they have sold to another owner and has let quality slip. The only other non GM ignition I'm running is an old Mallory unit in the 56 custom.
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BeaterGT
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 16:09 |
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Oh yea, but that’s not a problem with the opti! I won’t disagree that any job in the engine bay on these cars takes a day/weekend longer than it should though.
Headers make the job easier...but not that much easier.
Tohru
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 16:12 |
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I’ll never forget how small they are inside. As a kid we had a ‘91 RS and a ‘96 V-6 t-top as the only two family vehicles. I spent way too many miles as a pre-teen wedged in the back seat of a Camaro.
DoYouEvenShift
> BeaterGT
03/01/2016 at 16:31 |
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I have 200k on my opti. Still going, and not driven tenderly either.
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DoYouEvenShift
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 16:32 |
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Long tube headers man. Plug changes in 30 minutes.
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DoYouEvenShift
> crowmolly
03/01/2016 at 16:34 |
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Heres the best fix. But at that point Id just LS swap the whole thing.
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camaroboy68ss
> DoYouEvenShift
03/01/2016 at 17:02 |
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Meh sold the car 5 years ago, got a 2014 Camaro SS to hot rod now.
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camaroboy68ss
> DoYouEvenShift
03/01/2016 at 17:02 |
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There was also a coil pack conversion to run LS style coil packs
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 17:04 |
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Having driven a ‘99, yeah 6'4" me hardly fits. On top of the hilariously cramped interior the way the hood is shaped it’s so damn hard to find the end of it.
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DoYouEvenShift
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 17:08 |
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This guy here, not sure if they still make it, but it was like $500 just for the converter. If I find one I may pick one up.
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DoYouEvenShift
> camaroboy68ss
03/01/2016 at 17:09 |
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Also good.
CobraJoe
> Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
03/01/2016 at 17:24 |
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My friend had one in college, a ‘99 I believe with a 3800 auto (Quite respectable for a V6 from that era).
I hit my head every single time I got in or out of that car. Every single time.