LTCC Reliability
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From: Riverside County Southern California
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This is the way DIYs get done. You ask, start it, and get it done. Not like many in here that start a thread, and get discouraged once they learn it will cost money, time, sweat, and blood.
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: NEwhere Ohio
i hope so much this works!
ive been of the belief that the optical sensor (not high voltage side) is most susceptible to failure - if its not high quality oem mitsubishi.
yes, i know they dont make them anymore and i applaud you for this project as it serves as an experiment (for the rest of us) to see if you can take a chinese optispark with and 'make it work' by taking the high voltage out of the equation.
my opinion is that you need to keep water/oil/coolant/etc out of the high voltage side of the stock setup to keep the optispark happy!
i also believe that heat will cause the optical sensor to evetually fail - though the mitsubishi oem sensor seems to be the most bulletproof.
make the engine run cooler (reprogram fans, 160 tstat, etc) and that will make the optical sensor live longer.
mine runs 175f tops vs the 220+ i saw before i reprogrammed fans and added the 160 t stat
good luck with the conversion!!
ive been of the belief that the optical sensor (not high voltage side) is most susceptible to failure - if its not high quality oem mitsubishi.
yes, i know they dont make them anymore and i applaud you for this project as it serves as an experiment (for the rest of us) to see if you can take a chinese optispark with and 'make it work' by taking the high voltage out of the equation.
my opinion is that you need to keep water/oil/coolant/etc out of the high voltage side of the stock setup to keep the optispark happy!
i also believe that heat will cause the optical sensor to evetually fail - though the mitsubishi oem sensor seems to be the most bulletproof.
make the engine run cooler (reprogram fans, 160 tstat, etc) and that will make the optical sensor live longer.
mine runs 175f tops vs the 220+ i saw before i reprogrammed fans and added the 160 t stat
good luck with the conversion!!
Last edited by dizwiz24; Jan 1, 2017 at 04:54 PM.
