Proposition....

[firebird_1995]

How do you use the opti only to start the car? Pretty interested in this.

[JPack]

Use the optical sensor for firing the car.... once it starts car runs like normal. My best friends car had it and worked great. He had a crab style dizzy to fit under his cowl. This has been done for a long time. Modified lt1 intakes have been used for a long time on third gen tpi cars. There was a company that used to modify them for the dizzy and bolt pattern.

[firebird_1995]

Neat. Never seen that before. To be honest I've never even seen a tpi engine in person.

[popo8]

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JESSE, is that just a converted intake with a regular rear distributor cam?

ok cool. didnt know if you need a special distributor or is that a standard hei. i forgot about the shootout...good point

Still learning a bit, but Im assuming if the cam is one for a rear mounted distributor, I can can put on a timing chain cover with no opti hole.... and its just like the days before FI... am I wrong?

Can I ask why go carbed? It's not like it's that hard to do an efi set up and wire it all in. Pretty basic stuff. Keep it obd1 and call it a day. You can still use a standard hei dizzy with a modified intake.... use the opti only to start the car. Pretty easy to do... just throwing that out there.

Just for simplicity and cost effectiveness.... And if its getting jammed into something like a fiero... swapping an opti is gonna be a pita.... Im assuming if the cam is one for a rear mounted distributor, I can can put on a timing chain cover with no opti hole.... and its just like the days before FI... am I wrong?

Id say given the problems and expense he had getting his camaro tuned he wants to avoid that route

That also..... Im just at a point where I want SIMPLE...

[firebird_1995]

I hear ya bro. And I agree. My next car will be a carbed lt1

[popo8]

I hear ya bro. And I agree. My next car will be a carbed lt1

I just watch the guys at the shop going fast...much easier than the bs i went thru....


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
LTXtech.com

[dawdaw]

no no no no you guys need to keep this build a little tasty... get a uber gay baby blue miata. Put a 15:1, ethanol fed, single plane, 383, solid roller, billet rot assy, converted 1 gen sbc heads, th400, with an s60 or 9", and pill that mofo till it can't take no more. People would think its the gayest car to rome the planet until you fire it up and they hear a .800 lift solid roller chopping away Lol i've been trying to get my buddy who has a baby blue miata with a fully built 60 some mm turbo that runs like 14's lol to put a ltx in it.. i think it would be the sickest thing seeing as they are like 2100 lbs.

[popo8]

no no no no you guys need to keep this build a little tasty... get a uber gay baby blue miata. Put a 15:1, ethanol fed, single plane, 383, solid roller, billet rot assy, converted 1 gen sbc heads, th400, with an s60 or 9", and pill that mofo till it can't take no more. People would think its the gayest car to rome the planet until you fire it up and they hear a .800 lift solid roller chopping away Lol i've been trying to get my buddy who has a baby blue miata with a fully built 60 some mm turbo that runs like 14's lol to put a ltx in it.. i think it would be the sickest thing seeing as they are like 2100 lbs.

Lol...ur in a mood tonight.... maybe we can stuff it with that 455 LT1 motor u were discussing earlier.


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
LTXtech.com

[firebird_1995]

With your jacked up ve tables that are causing your gear ratio to slip.....

[Badbird_96]

Its a gmpp ltx intake. The distributor is an regular hei. The timing cover just needs a plug jb weld in place. The factory cam and I'm guessing the aftermarkets are already geared for an hei.