GM optispark

[David A. Cooley]

I'd recomend a class action lawsuit against GM for designing the water pump to
go at 25-35K miles and designing the optispark assy to be destroyed by
coolant/water.  If you call your local BBB, GM is *REQUIRED* to arbitrate and
abide by the judgement of the BBB in *ALL* cases.  Once the BBB get's a hold of
this, they'll take GM to the cleaners!


At 12:13 PM 12/6/98 -0500, you wrote: 
>
> Here's a mental project for anyone with extra time.  To: anyone familiar with
> GM optispark units.  As you know the whole thing is a pretty self-contained
> unit with a cap and rotor in a small, cam-driven unit and a nearby coil
> pack.  The problem is LT1 water pumps die pretty regularly at 25-35k miles
> spewing dexcool all over the thing ruining it.  They are not rebuildable,
> they have to be replaced in one extremely expensive unit.  What about
> avoiding the time bomb altogether?  I was thinking a crank positioning sensor
> and one coil for each cylinder a la Northstar or LS1.  Will the computer
> signals be compatible with my stuff?  I want to keep the stock computer
> setup, just plug and go.
>  
> Thanks,
> Curtis



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