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thanks guys, Originally Posted by SS_Firehawk The car has a lot of mechanical whirs. The exhaust... well it just sounds terrible in stock form. It's mind blowing how neutered it

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Old 07-05-2013, 04:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The car has a lot of mechanical whirs. The exhaust... well it just sounds terrible in stock form. It's mind blowing how neutered it is. The clutch chatters, the shifter shakes, not sure about ticking though. The fuel gauge is a common issue. I believe it's the measuring device getting snagged and not reaching to the top of the tank. It may be a very poor description of the issue though.
but is it OK that the sound becomes more... raw above 5000? it just sounds bad, so i tried to stay below most of the time (good thing the car has so much torque).
Clutch is another issue - very high and makes weird noises sometimes when it's depressed.


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Tick on the back is the wheel bearing or some crap that needs to be lubed

The gas thing... Every Z has it, and it's not a recall, but a TSB
wheel bearing - is it something serious? i drove 4000 hard KMs with it...

Gas thing - is there an important reason to fix it? it's not really an issue for me, just strange.

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but is it OK that the sound becomes more... raw above 5000? it just sounds bad, so i tried to stay below most of the time (good thing the car has so much torque).
Just hammer on it. That is the VQ37VHR winding up. Your just getting into the sweet spot at 5k rpm.
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Just hammer on it. That is the VQ37VHR winding up. Your just getting into the sweet spot at 5k rpm.
I know! but why does the sweet spot sound like 3 angry bears trying to &%$* the s!#@ out of my engine?
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No these are 6 hungry bears!!
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I know! but why does the sweet spot sound like 3 angry bears trying to &%$* the s!#@ out of my engine?
LOL! Good description of the madness that goes on under the bonnet.
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Yea I'm having the same issue about the loud noise around 5 rpm. It sounds like something is gonna blow up and I freak out when I'm driving. I thought something was wrong w/ my car or that my mods may have messed up the car. Are you guys ABSOLUTELY sure that's ok?
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Yea I'm having the same issue about the loud noise around 5 rpm. It sounds like something is gonna blow up and I freak out when I'm driving. I thought something was wrong w/ my car or that my mods may have messed up the car. Are you guys ABSOLUTELY sure that's ok?
Buy an extended warranty if you can and just continuously mash on it, if it goes pop, free motor, if it doesn't, at least you had fun beating it
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Buy an extended warranty if you can and just continuously mash on it, if it goes pop, free motor, if it doesn't, at least you had fun beating it
Really? that's your serious advice?
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