Can anyone help me out? I have a 96 Ls with intake, 2 and 1/2 catback exhaust and a short shifter. My car was running great for about a month then i started to hear a knocking or ticking noise under the hood, so i figured it was a valve tick so i got them adjusted but after about 20 mins they started again now im loosing to stock single vtec's by 2 or more cars i was wondering wat should i do or wat could be the problem please give me some feeback

 

Any cels? and also when was the last time you did a tune up.

 

never been tuned since i had it but i bought it about 2 months ago do you think thats the problem it seems like when i punch it hard it goes no where

 

Thats a plae to start, and if thats not it at least you know that it has had a tune up. Also could be your timeing, check that as well. or even you throttle cable, make sure its tight, and that you are getting full throttle.

 

THANKS FOR THE TIPS

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 96LsBang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can anyone help me out? I have a 96 Ls with intake, 2 and 1/2 catback exhaust and a short shifter. My car was running great for about a month then i started to hear a knocking or ticking noise under the hood, so i figured it was a valve tick so i got them adjusted but after about 20 mins they started again now im loosing to stock single vtec's by 2 or more cars i was wondering wat should i do or wat could be the problem please give me some feeback</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hmmmm.....have you taken apart the valve train to look inside? Checked out other internals? Sensors maybe? Though it wasn't mentioned, have you tried running the car at idle with the hood open and trying to figure out exactly where the ticking was coming from? That's where I'd begin the troubleshooting process.

 

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Personally, I wouldn't judge my engine's performance by how far you're winning or losing street races. There are waaaaayy too many variables there. For all you know that guy could've drank 5 red bulls right before

Unless you feel confortable tearing things apart on your car, I would start by taking it to a mechanic

 

Could also be your cat is starting to clog, and thats what the sound is that your hearing. Who knows. Just a thought.

 

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have you ever mishifted before?

 

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for all you know he could have put crunk juice in his engine and that is why you lost.

 

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for all you know he could have put crunk juice in his engine and that is why you lost. </TD></TR></TABLE>

A-Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

knocking? does it have oil?

 

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Check to see if your cam timing jumped a tooth on the belt. It can make your car run like *** and your valve train will be noisey.

 

i've miss shifted a couple of times when i first drove the car but no more than 3 times