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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 12:54 PM
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Default 408 owners I have a question.

Does your motor click, clack, tap etc.....


Mine does and I guess its because of the high lift cam and springs, forged bottom end etc..... I just hate driving down the road and everything sounds fine and then I drive by a wall or something and the clicks and clacks bounce off of the wall and sounds ugly. Or when I pull up in traffic and a car pulls up beside me it does it there to. So just to put my mind at ease do other built motors make all of the damn noise???
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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Does it click, clack, paddy whack?






If so give that dog a bone.

hahaha

Seriously though THAT noisey probably isnt good. High lift is going to be noisey but not to bad.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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Does it click, clack, paddy whack?






If so give that dog a bone.

hahaha

Seriously though THAT noisey probably isnt good. High lift is going to be noisey but not to bad.



Well I wouldnt say its extremely noisy but it does click and clack. Im just a worrier and it worries me. Only reason I built the 408 is because of engine trouble so Im worried about it now.
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Old Jun 1, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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I hear what you are talking about sometimes but it dyno's fine and its really not that loud, you are probably just worrying a bit too much,


The only thing you could check is preload/valvetrain if you really wanted to. You getting any vavle float or anything?
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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I hear what you are talking about sometimes but it dyno's fine and its really not that loud, you are probably just worrying a bit too much,


The only thing you could check is preload/valvetrain if you really wanted to. You getting any vavle float or anything?


I dont believe so. I just hate hearing all of the noises it makes and makes me worry to no end. Maybe I can get a vid of the motor and put it up and see what you guys think.
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Old Jun 2, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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long shot, but maybe u have an exhaust leak. sometimes they sound like -tick tick tick
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I second the exhaust leak. My car sounds badazz near a wall, in the garage, in the open, etc. The only time I hear tick is when my exhaust is loose. I tighten it and no more tick.
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