View Poll Results: How many miles have you gotten out of your Opti
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96 LT1 w 126762 on the odo.
I acquired the car @100k. Judging by the layer of crud that was on the front of the engine I don't think it was ever apart. I have had the distributor out when I replaced a leaking water pump @ 110k. It was immaculate inside, however one of the plastic rivets that retains the rotor blade was broken and the blade was flopping around. So I installed a NAPA cap and rotor kit and plug wires at that time. Runs perfect.
I acquired the car @100k. Judging by the layer of crud that was on the front of the engine I don't think it was ever apart. I have had the distributor out when I replaced a leaking water pump @ 110k. It was immaculate inside, however one of the plastic rivets that retains the rotor blade was broken and the blade was flopping around. So I installed a NAPA cap and rotor kit and plug wires at that time. Runs perfect.
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I replaced my original @30,000 since I was putting in the new motor, and it was a bit cruddy inside. I replaced it with a new A/C Delco, that I just replaced with about 15,000 on it. The car was missing at high rpm. I found the rotor with one screw out, the other loose, and the rotor centering pin broken. The inside was a little oily also. It's prolly still ok, but I replaced that one with a MSD this past weekend. So far it's smooth right to 6800rpm.
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From: South Carolina
St. Jude Donor '03 & '05
First was OEM around 50k miles, due to water intrusion 
Second around 25 kmiles more, it was genuine OEM. Next was with new motor around 115000 miles by odometer. Then the dilemma began, when they started breaking (Dynaspark, OEM blah blah). Install is so important. ABout 3 more, finally cut rotor off went with DELTEQ.
Second around 25 kmiles more, it was genuine OEM. Next was with new motor around 115000 miles by odometer. Then the dilemma began, when they started breaking (Dynaspark, OEM blah blah). Install is so important. ABout 3 more, finally cut rotor off went with DELTEQ.
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My first lasted to 70k miles. Including Hundreds of timeslips at the local track. I literally have 4 old harddisk boxes full of slips. Then it died and replaced it and had no issues until I went rear dizzy.
Out of curiousity how many of those who claim <25k miles are 100% sure it was the original opti? sounds to me more like a bad batch of replacement parts.
Out of curiousity how many of those who claim <25k miles are 100% sure it was the original opti? sounds to me more like a bad batch of replacement parts.
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St. Jude Donor '03 & '05
My first lasted to 70k miles. Including Hundreds of timeslips at the local track. I literally have 4 old harddisk boxes full of slips. Then it died and replaced it and had no issues until I went rear dizzy.
Out of curiousity how many of those who claim <25k miles are 100% sure it was the original opti? sounds to me more like a bad batch of replacement parts.
Out of curiousity how many of those who claim <25k miles are 100% sure it was the original opti? sounds to me more like a bad batch of replacement parts.
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Original Opti at 96K. Did replace the cap and rotor at 80K while installing the hotcam (while we were there thing). The original was still in good shape, just showing minor burn marks. It also survived a waterpump failure with no troubles.
We'll see.