What am i experiencing?!?!
99blanco i meant that to go under my post before yours.haha. but thanks for all the info, next time i drive it ill definitly try to pay more attention to where that sound is coming from, i hope its exhaust and nothing i have to replace
My old '00 SS used to do that. I was told it could be the LCA's needing to be tightened. I never got around to fixing that before I traded it in. I don't know if this is true or not, but you might try wrenching them down to see if that helps. Start small and work your way up kind of thing.
thanks for all the advice everyone i appreciate it, hopefully this weekend ill get around to checking out my car. ill try taking pics and ill probably have a lot more questions. all i know is i hope its just the exhaust hitting.
yea there are times when my stuff sounds like hell still. All the exaust hangers are rubber. Rubber wears and looses its elasticity so its not supporting the way it used to. Always check the inexpensive stuff first. 
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
yea there are times when my stuff sounds like hell still. All the exaust hangers are rubber. Rubber wears and looses its elasticity so its not supporting the way it used to. Always check the inexpensive stuff first.
yeah i think you guys were right, i think it was banging on the bottom of my car...this morning i got kinda side ways on the wet roads and i didnt hear any banging what so ever...how can i get rid of this?
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Originally Posted by Rottluver
One of the big reasons I had my true duals welded up 100%. I HATE banging noises.
LOL and you will pay for tha tmistake next time you get a clutch done LOL!!!
Sideways Exhaust was a pretty tight fit. I guess there are a number of places it could hit
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
LOL and you will pay for tha tmistake next time you get a clutch done LOL!!!
Sideways Exhaust was a pretty tight fit. I guess there are a number of places it could hit
Sideways Exhaust was a pretty tight fit. I guess there are a number of places it could hit
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yeah i think you guys were right, i think it was banging on the bottom of my car...this morning i got kinda side ways on the wet roads and i didnt hear any banging what so ever...how can i get rid of this?
its a lot more powerful in my opinion. today i had 2 people in my car i was going up a slight hill i was gettting on it in first once i hit 2nd i was pretty much going sideways up a hill...very fun. the 83 could never do that it actually isnt much louder then it was stock believe it or not. but WOT sounds awesome. not that huge of a difference the the dual/dual i had on before.
it actually isnt much louder then it was stock believe it or not. but WOT sounds awesome. not that huge of a difference the the dual/dual i had on before.
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its a lot more powerful in my opinion. today i had 2 people in my car i was going up a slight hill i was gettting on it in first once i hit 2nd i was pretty much going sideways up a hill...very fun. the 83 could never do that it actually isnt much louder then it was stock believe it or not. but WOT sounds awesome. not that huge of a difference the the dual/dual i had on before.
it actually isnt much louder then it was stock believe it or not. but WOT sounds awesome. not that huge of a difference the the dual/dual i had on before.
I may have to consider swaping my current catback out for something a bit less aggressive. 
Well, if it is wheel hop, buy some suspension parts & fix it quick! Or you WILL be buying a new rear end. Wheel hop is normal for these cars after you make them faster. Not as much on SSs & WS6s, but with a 6sp + mods, yeah, that's my guess. Back to Speed Secrets.....
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
LOL and you will pay for tha tmistake next time you get a clutch done LOL!!!
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Well, if it is wheel hop, buy some suspension parts & fix it quick! Or you WILL be buying a new rear end. Wheel hop is normal for these cars after you make them faster. Not as much on SSs & WS6s, but with a 6sp + mods, yeah, that's my guess. Back to Speed Secrets.....
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
He's got an SS, doesnt he? I havent had a z28 do they come with lca's and a phb?
Didn't anybody tell you the difference is the hood, spoiler, and wheels?
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
He's got an SS, doesnt he? I havent had a z28 do they come with lca's and a phb?
Correction: The 1LE Firehawks (at least the LS1 1LE's did) came with different ends, kinds a rubber/poly insert combo. Prolly not much better then the rest of the stock crap.
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Yeah, they definately come with them
Didn't anybody tell you the difference is the hood, spoiler, and wheels? Just playin I know there are a few more things..
Didn't anybody tell you the difference is the hood, spoiler, and wheels?
Just playin I know there are a few more things..You can fix it all pretty cheap, relatively speaking. If you go look at the suspension album in my link you will see what I did. My car launches staright, solid & true, tires spinning (street) or dead hooking (track).
So they're the same parts then right? I've already replaced mine as well with UMI dual adjustable stuff. My point was that at his power level right now I dont think he's overpowering the factory stuff to give him his noise. I know its not the best, but he's not on nitrous when he has the trouble. Just in the rain. IF you ask Sam Strano he'll say that all wheel hop is due to shocks. I think there is more to it than just shocks personaly, but he does know his suspension stuff very well. LCA's hold the axles true in line and maintain thrust angle, but the componants that control up and down axle movements are the springs and shocks. LCA's move with the movement of the axle up and down so I can see where Strano is coming from. Not saying that he is god on the subject, but being a 2 time SCCA champ he is well informed. Is this car lowered? I didnt see it in sig. A very cheap alternative to buying new stuff would be just to box what you already have if you knew how to weld or had a cheaper welder person to go to. Just another option for that stuff.