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Old 09-16-2014, 09:38 PM
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Any idea what would make this sound? Just recently had dyno tune, plugs, wires, long tubes, y pipe, new cats, and all done. Everything drove fine for a month. Everything was installed well dont think the issue is with the new parts. The car had a little noise on decel coming from rear end since i bought the car last year. would this pebble flyingoff the tires noise be the rear end possibly? I was ripping around the night the sound started, fish tailing turns and what not. The last turn i made, a give the car some throttle to get the rear end sideways but didnt get sideways any and started making this noise shortly after. Would the car not drive at all if the rear gave out. The car still drives but makes this sound in intermitantly on accel at 2000rpm or so

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Sounds like "Rocks in a box" syndrome
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post up a video, its hard to diagnose something when you cant hear it.
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I will get some video tonight. The car is a 98 with the auburn diff. I know the torson diff has the marbles in a can sound.
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I took the car out last night to try and get some video of the noise, and it wasnt making it. Maybe the noise is nothing hopefully, and i am just a moron and didnt notice the road debris. Lol
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Probably the tires getting hot from you driving like Ken Block and picking up dirt and pebbles off the road.
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Originally Posted by N20zuki
Probably the tires getting hot from you driving like Ken Block and picking up dirt and pebbles off the road.
Seems like your right. Ima howdo you say, paranoid frank, lol. I ran the car pretty hard tonight and no noise. The pebbles hitting the wheel wells sound was actually that. I found someone who fabs explorer 8.8s to fit fbodys locally. Im going to save for little and start to collect the parts he needs to complete the rear end and then swap em out.



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