Okay, I was running my 96 CE hard up to, well, exceeding the speed limit running from an irritating little 350Z and when I let out of it the car was dead. Never could restart... After troubleshooting today, (worried about jumped timing chain, 173,000 miles) so, checked timing with timing light on #1 plug. No light flashing. so I pulled #2 plug cuz it was easier to get to, saw fire. Assumed timing light was broke so pulled #1 plug to manually check timing and no fire. Then saw that #2 was firing intermittenly.

Here's my questions, would the opti go out on one plug and then intermittenly fire on the other? Also, (after the fact, I was told that it is a BAD thing to pull the plugs old school to check for spark)... is it really detrimental the the system and how so?

Last question... with all the "improved" options for the opti (delteq, LTCC, msd opti.. etc..) what would ya'll recommend as a replacement? Currently just trying to maintain the car until I have my shop built, then shooting to rebuild it as a 500hp naturally aspirated engine, would like to upgrade to something that could be transferred over to a high performance engine with everyday reliability.. (everybodys dream)...

Thanks,
Brian
Lafayette, LA

well, it won't do that... if the opti dies, it will effect all plugs equally.

As for upgrades, since you are after absolute power, I would look at the LTCC. Put on an OEM opti, remove the rotor and seal the cap with RTV. That should about do it.