First drive
 

Took the Slowmaro out for the first drive of the season, right off the bat I noticed it seems to be misfiring in lower rpms. I cant really hear the misfires, but I can feel it pretty good, especially on the highway. It seems to chug along, I can feel it in the shifter when it misses. So im thinkin time for a new opti since I just did plugs, wires, and coil last season. Question is, whats the best opti for these things? factory? MSD? I also seemed to have developed an exhaust leak, Im guessing probably somewhere around where my buddy welded up my CME. I also originally though it was time to rebuild my tranny since after the turkey burns it was making a weird cluttering noise on decel mostly in 3rd and 2nd, but it seems to be more like a rattling...possibly tranny mounts????? Pizza was thinking time for cluster bearings from what I told him.....I cant really tell...

Sounds like fun to me

opti got moisture in it from sitting. driving beating on it get it up to temp. moisture might go away unless the terminals are corroded.

That MAY work, but do you remember when we dynoed my car at slowhawk? it was misfiring in low rpms, and I feel like it may have been happening for a while, it just got alot worse. I seem to remember the car used to buck here and there (misfire) now its just clear as day. But what are good optis? didnt Matt have problems with his MSD? I know accel makes optis too.

matts got corroded too. and the msd's were supposed to be the best. i didnt have an issue with it when i ran it. and the msd is the only one made for over 6000 rpm.

Alright, guess I'll look into em. Guess I couldn't go wrong with stock either...

i always ran accel optis with msd cap and rotors and had good luck on my 96

dude... dont just assume its the opti! get some diagnosis going and if it IS I'd say get a GM OEM one! frig the aftermarket crap. I'll try to find it but I have a thread where I opened up my opti to diagnose problems and you can get to the terminals if you need to clean them. if its bad whats the worst you can do its already junk...

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This

True, Ill start there, I just got to find time to pull the opti off and look at it, been busy with work lately and been doing alot of riding on the weekends since I picked me up a quad again.