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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 07:38 PM
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I would like to get rid of the optispark on my car. I read so many way to do it and i,m still dizzy..Summers comming and i would like to drive the wheels off this car and not worry about the opti breaking.. I need some help in starting off in the right direction??
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$399.00 and eight coils and the high voltage part of the Opti is gone. It's the Bailey LTCC. Just a control box and a harness and it works great. I've used it for years with no problems at all.

See...no plug wires down here.



They're up here where they belong. No problem with headers burning anything.

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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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Now that is very doable
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 1963SS
$399.00 and eight coils and the high voltage part of the Opti is gone. It's the Bailey LTCC. Just a control box and a harness and it works great. I've used it for years with no problems at all.

See...no plug wires down here.



They're up here where they belong. No problem with headers burning anything.

That looks good does the opti part come with the kit..
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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i'll be going this route very soon to replce my delteq setup. so i might be asking questions about it in the future.
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Originally Posted by onDjuice
That looks good does the opti part come with the kit..
Nope, however it only uses the opti for timing pulses.
Go to the LTCC website and read up.
Do a search here as well.
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Old Feb 3, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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[QUOTE=1963SS;1579905111]$399.00 and eight coils and the high voltage part of the Opti is gone. It's the Bailey LTCC. Just a control box and a harness and it works great. I've used it for years with no problems at all.

See...no plug wires down here.QUOTE]

nice setup. Where did you get the Billet Opti Cap from?
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Looks like its reliable. Guess there no way to get rid of the opti altogether. That billet cap looks great too.
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Originally Posted by jaa1992
Nope, however it only uses the opti for timing pulses.
Go to the LTCC website and read up.
Do a search here as well.
oh yes, there is more to it.
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nice setup. Where did you get the Billet Opti Cap from?
The Opti cap was made for an Impala club member. It's a one off. I've not been able to find another. I've got over two hundred thousand miles on it with no problems. The Mitsubishi sensor is very reliable and I personally think that all that high voltage ozone type stuff may be a part of the reliability problem. That's just a guess. Either that or the 40,000 volts (or whatever) getting mixed up with the 5 volt computer stuff on the optical sensor. I just ordered another LTCC to put on another engine.

I was apprehensive at first and a while back went so far as to order another control box to keep as a spare. I never needed it but now I just had to order the harness to have a complete system.

The bonus with this set-up is that it's also an adjustable soft touch rev limiter and it has selectable NOS timing retard features built in also.
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 10:41 PM
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I have the ltcc and have had to replace the circuit board in it ,and not a lot of miles so don't get it wet at all.
Bob bailey did replce it for free,but it left me stranded several times,no problems since.
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That's why I got a spare from Bob to use in my other car. I go on a trip I just pull the box for a spare. Luckily I've never needed it. When yours leaked did you have the O-ring in the case lid? I do install mine in a dry location so water can't get to it.
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I,ve been reading up on some other option, like drilling out the intake for a old school dist.. This looks like it get rid of the opti completely.
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Originally Posted by onDjuice
I,ve been reading up on some other option, like drilling out the intake for a old school dist.. This looks like it get rid of the opti completely.
You could also go with a crank-trigger system. It's all magnetic pickups, so there is no issues with water.

MSD makes one that works with their 6,7,8 & 10 series ignition boxes.
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Originally Posted by onDjuice
I,ve been reading up on some other option, like drilling out the intake for a old school dist.. This looks like it get rid of the opti completely.
Have ya tried this? Seen it tried?
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my car has 150000 miles on it and it has the stock opti, I am replaceing it since I am doing the water pump, but seriously, son't flood the front of the engine and the opti seems to be a happy camper......
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If you have the means, this is really cool:

http://www.eficonnection.com/eficonnection/24x.aspx
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Originally Posted by 93Rubie
If you have the means, this is really cool:

http://www.eficonnection.com/eficonnection/24x.aspx
Thats cool but must $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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[QUOTE=1963SS;1579905111]$399.00 and eight coils and the high voltage part of the Opti is gone. It's the Bailey LTCC. Just a control box and a harness and it works great. I've used it for years with no problems at all.

See...no plug wires down here.



They're up here where they belong. No problem with headers burning anything.

[/QUO

I would like to know a bit more about this conversion. My optispark just began to show signs of failure. i have owned the car since May 2012 and read all about the optispark prior to purchasing and still bought it. I like working on cars so the repair/replacement seems easy just time consuming; however, getting rid of problem for good sounds very intriguing.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 11:22 AM
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Now i have to find a opti option. Drove to the track 2 hours no problem on the way back home about 1 hour on the road and for 2 minutes the car ran like it had a rev limiter set at 1400rpm missing then it was ok. I do have a msd box on the car, it was on it when i bought it. Any one have a problem like this. I'm thinking of pull the msd off and see what happen??.
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