[Shotimes] rod bearings

[Paul L Fisher]

Smae symptoms here. No ticking at idle. Really, really loud at 3000 RPM.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Josh Salaets'" <jsalaets@msn.com>; <kerry@kinionfurniture.com>;
<Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] rod bearings


> Yeah, that we me, but there were a couple of other folks who also had rod
> bearing issues at the Convention.
>
> I would describe the sound as one of prolonged pinging, starting just over
> 2K, and going to almost 4K. I didn't hear it until we were at the
dragstrip,
> and I was driving with the stereo off & windows down alongside the
cornfield
> on the way to the group picture.
>
> It did not make the sound at idle, you had to rev the engine through the
> 2-4K rpm range to hear it. I have no idea how long it was making the sound
> (we did Summit Point the day before, then the dragstrip), but it probably
> got louder after the dragstrip runs.....plus the car was not running well
at
> the strip at all!!
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Josh Salaets
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:39 PM
> To: BJamesjr@aol.com; kerry@kinionfurniture.com; Shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] rod bearings
>
>
> > Very interesting.  Usually a bad rod bearing makes a deeper sound, like
> rattling a marble around in a cigar box or a ball bearing in a wooden box.
>
> That's kind of what it sounded like.  The top end actually sounds very
good,
> but if you kneel down and listen under the car, it sounded like it was
> coming from the oil pan and was a lot louder.  It also only made the noise
> when revved between 2400 and 2700 rpms.  Above and below this range it was
> silent.
>
> Aren't these symptoms classic for those that have had heard their rod
> bearings make noise?  Who was it that lost their bearings at the track day
> at the SHO convention last summer and limped their car home?
>
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
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