Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahren Ciotti · 04-14-1999, 05:11 PM

Hey everybody, thanks for reading me. I have an 87 notchback 4 banger. When I am on the highway, and going around 50, and I put it in fifth gear and floor it, I get this terrible metal on metal rapid clanging noise. It sounds like the scrambled static stations on tv, but more metallic. Anyone have any info on this

remraf · 04-25-1999, 10:31 AM

sorry i cant help.you didnt post enough information.be as specific as possible.when you go to the doctor you tell him exactly whats happening dont you?

Skyman · 04-26-1999, 10:06 PM

Sounds like your motor could be pinging, try running some premium fuel, or a octane boost once, and see if it goes away.

Could be that easy, if you wanna run the 87, turn back the timing a little.

See if that fixes it.

Sky

Ahren Ciotti · 04-30-1999, 06:16 PM

What do you mean turn back the timing, go below 10? Also, where can I go to borrow a timing lite to do this? I have put high octane fuel, and 104 octane boost in, and it still does it. It doesn't sound like pinging, though.

Skyman · 04-30-1999, 08:42 PM

Oh, well then its not pinging then. Don't worry about the timing. Thats a weird noise, I don't know.

Sky

PanamaRed90LX · 05-01-1999, 03:29 AM

It sounds like 5th gear is bad. Does it do this under any other conditions, or just in 5th gear?

grogan · 05-03-1999, 04:17 PM

I dont know if yours is like my 93 but 5th is not the most powerfull gear. 5th is the gear to get better gas mileage. 4th is the one you want to be flooring it in.

Ahren Ciotti · 05-03-1999, 08:55 PM

It does it in fourth, and a little bit in 3rd. I don't know what it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is loud, annoying, and embarrasing as hell!!!!! I've got $150, and am spending 30 on a K&N for my 2.3, but does anyone have ideas how to blow the rest?????????? I have been told that the K&N's for the 2.3's will take two more weeks to make, does anyone have info on that?????

PanamaRed90LX · 05-04-1999, 02:48 PM

Always describe the problem as precisely as possible in the first post. It sounds like you have a bad u-joint. Get underneath the car and see if there is any play at either the front or rear u-joint. If you don't find any, look for looseness in the exhaust system. It could be a muffler or pipe rubbing against something.

Skyman · 05-05-1999, 12:43 AM

SHIT! The same thing started in my 1989 Saleen 5.0L !!

What is this shit, and mines in 3rd and 4th too... as well as 5th..

Sky

Dark Knight · 05-06-1999, 01:03 PM

might check to see if the cat is shot too... or muffler... something came loose inside

------------------
84 convt,'95 302, performer
3.55's, underdrives shorties
and a '68 stang that WAS nasty ;-)

Ahren Ciotti · 05-08-1999, 11:32 AM

HEY EVERYONE, I figured it out myself YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!. Alright, Myne has 2 catalitic converters, and they put worthless covers on them, well the cover was rattling around on the one twords the front of the car. So, I ripped it off with a screw driver. No more rattling!!!!!!! Thanks for all of your suggestions!!!!!!!!!

04-14-1999, 05:11 PM	#1
Ahren Ciotti Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Hamilton, N J Posts: 20	Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey everybody, thanks for reading me. I have an 87 notchback 4 banger. When I am on the highway, and going around 50, and I put it in fifth gear and floor it, I get this terrible metal on metal rapid clanging noise. It sounds like the scrambled static stations on tv, but more metallic. Anyone have any info on this

04-25-1999, 10:31 AM	#2
remraf Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: earlimart,ca.u.s.a. Posts: 504	sorry i cant help.you didnt post enough information.be as specific as possible.when you go to the doctor you tell him exactly whats happening dont you?

04-26-1999, 10:06 PM	#3
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	Sounds like your motor could be pinging, try running some premium fuel, or a octane boost once, and see if it goes away. Could be that easy, if you wanna run the 87, turn back the timing a little. See if that fixes it. Sky

04-30-1999, 06:16 PM	#4
Ahren Ciotti Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Hamilton, N J Posts: 20	What do you mean turn back the timing, go below 10? Also, where can I go to borrow a timing lite to do this? I have put high octane fuel, and 104 octane boost in, and it still does it. It doesn't sound like pinging, though.

04-30-1999, 08:42 PM	#5
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	Oh, well then its not pinging then. Don't worry about the timing. Thats a weird noise, I don't know. Sky

05-01-1999, 03:29 AM	#6
PanamaRed90LX Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Panama, Rep of Panama Posts: 94	It sounds like 5th gear is bad. Does it do this under any other conditions, or just in 5th gear?

05-03-1999, 04:17 PM	#7
grogan Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: raliegh Posts: 10	I dont know if yours is like my 93 but 5th is not the most powerfull gear. 5th is the gear to get better gas mileage. 4th is the one you want to be flooring it in.

05-03-1999, 08:55 PM	#8
Ahren Ciotti Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Hamilton, N J Posts: 20	It does it in fourth, and a little bit in 3rd. I don't know what it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is loud, annoying, and embarrasing as hell!!!!! I've got $150, and am spending 30 on a K&N for my 2.3, but does anyone have ideas how to blow the rest?????????? I have been told that the K&N's for the 2.3's will take two more weeks to make, does anyone have info on that?????

05-04-1999, 02:48 PM	#9
PanamaRed90LX Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Panama, Rep of Panama Posts: 94	Always describe the problem as precisely as possible in the first post. It sounds like you have a bad u-joint. Get underneath the car and see if there is any play at either the front or rear u-joint. If you don't find any, look for looseness in the exhaust system. It could be a muffler or pipe rubbing against something.

05-05-1999, 12:43 AM	#10
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	SHIT! The same thing started in my 1989 Saleen 5.0L !! What is this shit, and mines in 3rd and 4th too... as well as 5th.. Sky

05-06-1999, 01:03 PM	#11
Dark Knight Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Az Posts: 854	might check to see if the cat is shot too... or muffler... something came loose inside ------------------ 84 convt,'95 302, performer 3.55's, underdrives shorties and a '68 stang that WAS nasty ;-)

05-08-1999, 11:32 AM	#12
Ahren Ciotti Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Hamilton, N J Posts: 20	HEY EVERYONE, I figured it out myself YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!. Alright, Myne has 2 catalitic converters, and they put worthless covers on them, well the cover was rattling around on the one twords the front of the car. So, I ripped it off with a screw driver. No more rattling!!!!!!! Thanks for all of your suggestions!!!!!!!!!