Need help right NOW! plz post quickly!
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Staging Lane
Joined: May 2004
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From: Houston, Texas
Need help right NOW! plz post quickly! i know im not to post in here around bolt on questions, but yall are the only ones that post and also that make sence. i just got my Pacesetter lt's put on along with y-pipe and caty. those then connect to my slp catback 3" loudmouth. when i punched it a really shity sound came, like a clack but really fast. when i drive normal it sounds so good, but when i punch it it does that clack clack clack gay sound rapidly until i let off, plz post when u get done reading, im very upset, i think my muffler guy F&%#ed up my system!
ok, well it's not the AIR/EGR since u have an 01
whats "pacesetter caty"?
Do yu have cats on the car?
I think it's your exhaust valves or rasp. Is it REALLY loud?
any way to get a sound clip??
whats "pacesetter caty"?
Do yu have cats on the car?
I think it's your exhaust valves or rasp. Is it REALLY loud?
any way to get a sound clip??
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When i put on my jet hots i used the gaskets they gave me and after about 2000 rpm's it would sound like metal on metal contact (loud clacking) extremely loud. It turned out the gaskets from jet hot were crap. I got some new metal GM gaskets and everything was fine. Open your hood with the car on and give it some gas from the throttle body if it sounds like its coming from where the headers bolt to the heads get some GM gaskets. If it is coming from somewhere after the headers it something else. Hope this helps you a little.
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Staging Lane
Joined: May 2004
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From: Houston, Texas
yes its really loud and gay sounding i felt imbarassed to punch it, and to TransAmJo the guy that put my headers on bought the gaskets so i dont know ill have to chek wit him, i was wondering this also i wonder since my car has only had these headers on like 5 hrs are they still breakin in or is somthing actually wrong?
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Staging Lane
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From: Houston, Texas
if this makes a diff, the tubes come back to the y-pipe, then the y connects to the caty, the caty is in park of the catback system. if yall are familiar in the SLP 3" catback exhaut, from y pipe it goes back to a blown out pipe about 5-7 in(it was totaly empty) then returns to normal then goes over the axle to the split of the two tail pipes. well the muffler guy hackd off that 5-7 thing and put the caty their, so if yall understood that all, and think that maybe taht had somthing to do wit this nosie plz post!
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it might just be normal rasp, does it literally sound like metal banging on something or does it just sound like your motor sounds like ****? If its the normal rasp then a nice smooth y pipe might help you out. A sound clip would help alot.
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Staging Lane
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at start up it doesnt do it, then at idle it doesnt do it, driving it doesnt do it, just when i punch it it makes a clack clack clack like 100 clacks in one second. my dad said its just air escaping the exhasut but paying money for a car to soud like **** when raceing a civic isnt worth it to me if this is normal to make a gay, embarassing sound.
TECH Junkie
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From: Lakeland, FL
go to a muffler shop and have them weld in bullet (round muffler ) in place of the resonator on your loudmouth. If the sound decreases alot its probably rasp. I had it at one time and I was embarrased to get on my car as well. I had the same symptoms as you too. At idle and part throttle everything was cool. At WOT it was really embarrasing. I switched to true duals and the rasp went away. I am betting a good y pipe though combined with an actual muffler instead of the loudmouth resonator will help a good bit on your car.
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If it was me I would go to the muffler shop and have them take out the loudmouth resonater and place a bullett muffler in its place. If the sound goes down alot but not fully I would then replace the Y pipe with a very nice smooth flowing Y. You still might have another problem but what you are describing sounds like rasp to me.