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Old 06-03-2014, 10:33 AM
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How many people are running just the distributer and how many are running the hole kit theysell for 1200 bucks?
 
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Old 06-03-2014, 10:43 AM
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I'm running just the MSD opti in mine. For a stock LT1, the "hole kit" is overkill in my opinion. For the record, you can find the kit for under a grand, but that's still too much as far as I'm concerned.
 
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Old 06-03-2014, 11:13 AM
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Thanks for the advice I just looked quick on kegs and the kit looked really expensive.i will probably replace mine with the msd if it needs it.it broke up the other day so I wanted to start looking into it because I have heard opti is crap so I have been looking at all possible different ways to improve things.
 
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Old 06-03-2014, 11:34 AM
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I had found a smokin ebay deal of the century on my MSD opti, a new "open box" (guy who bought it never used it) delivered, for just under $200. Otherwise, I doubt I would have coughed up $460-ish for one.
 
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Old 06-04-2014, 11:24 AM
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I found a new Delphi unit for mine a few years back. I think it was about $350 + shipping delivered.


I don't think you can go wrong with an OEM unit, and I have read a lot of threads here where people didn't have the best of luck with after market units. Especially the cheapo parts sold through the chain autoparts stores.
 
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Old 06-04-2014, 04:12 PM
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one thing i didnt know till recently is the msd opti can be factory rebuilt at a reasonable cost.
 
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