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Originally Posted by Fish-man
didn't know about the Hooker LTs... but the headers I bought were JET coated - brand new Stainless Works, for a severe discount from someone that never got around to installing. Had to jack up the motor to install the pass. side. Had to remove starter too. Getting the orig stuff out was a pain. (including EGR/A.I.R)
Fall of '12 I did a minor overhaul including head removal... the 2nd time installing the headers wasn't too bad. At the time, I considered the coil on plug deal, but its expensive, so I just put on a new cap and rotor. Runs fine. I decided, that since I was getting the 5th gen, not to spend more than needed on the 'bird.
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shoulda replaced your motor mounts while you were doing the headers. helps a lot.
thats one thing that I've found causes the most hassle with 4th gens is the motor mounts are worn and the engine sags 1-2 inches from stock height and makes it a pain to install headers.
the other benefit of the Hookers is you don't have to disconnect the steering linkage to install them.
I think I paid like $350 shipped to my door for mine. bought them used off a guy and sold them for $300 when I got rid of my 94Z after 40k miles on them
the LTCC conversion can be pricey, but a lot of that was in the brackets and coils. you could buy a set of used coils for ~$100.00 and the module/harness was like 3-400. I got mine used (back when it was a wiring monster, newer versions use the stock LS style coil harness and 2 main wires).
I do remember a couple sites that showed you how to make your own harness and module on the cheap ~$150 in parts depending on availability as well as how to convert the "octopus" version to the "coil harness" version.
The other thing to consider with the LTCC kit is that it eliminates the failure point of the opti by only utilizing the optical pickup portion of it and moves the spark creation to the individual coils, thereby eliminating the creation of ozone within the housing which corrodes the contacts and causes failures.
It also eliminates contamination of the opti if the water pump fails and drips on the opti.
in addition to the LTCC kit, there is the Delteq kit
http://www.delteq.com/opti_design.htm
which uses 4 coils instead of 8 using the "negative spark" technology.