I have a deposit on this car, and am planning on picking it up in 3 weeks or so. I asked the owner to supply me with a video of the car running since he is too far away for me to test drive.

It's boosted w/ RevHard turbo kit, hondata s200b tuned etc.

He says the car doesn't sound like this in real life, and blames the camera.

Just wondering what you guys thought.

http://64.34.92.85/soulrider/Integra.wmv

 

Sounds like an exhaust leak to me. It also looks like it by looking at the black on the top of the head and valve cover.

 

Yea, I mentioned that too him. He says the exhaust mani bolts just need to be tightened a bit.

 

that ticking is really really loud
what valvetrain/cams is he using?

 

Makes all the blurps, ticks and rattles I have seem insignificant.

Good luck...

 

sounds like ****

 

that's how mine sounds under hard acceleration, and it's a basically stock h22


Modified by fwdtamiya at 7:55 AM 4/7/2006

 

holy **** that thing is LOUD
sounds like a old Ford Model T.
Does it have a open wastegate? Last time I heard rattling like that was in my old GSX. I had a open wastegate, but it only made that sound when I was gunning it while driving. From what I hear it also made nice flames come out back . If that was the cause, to make it quieter I'd install a dump tube routed back into the downpipe.

 

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The noise in that video has a "pulse" tone to it that sounds very much like an exhaust leak.

 

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what valvetrain/cams is he using? </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's a stock motor, stock internals.

 

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So ask him to "tighten them a bit" and shoot another video of the results.

 

yeah. and make sure he does it when the motor is cool...

as a newby to boost, i tried tightenin them while the motor was hot,,... i didnt burn my self,.. but not know that metal expands when its hot,.. i striped the expletive out of my head...


wana see ur end results!

 

The camera is going to have a crappy internal mic - not exactly something to draw conclusions from.

When he revs it up, I don't hear any major knocking, so that's good.

Sounds pretty normal to me. Those internal mics are only good for a small sound range, so it might be singling out the worst frequency.

 

There is definatley an exhaust leak there somewhere by the manifold indicated by all the carbon build-up, but I also think there might be a loose heatshield or something thats rattling and contributing to that noise.

 

Where's he located? Maybe someone on this board would be kind enough to stop by and take a look.

 

Doesn't make much sense to me..I wonder if he has a stripped head stud or bolt...Why else wouldn't he tighten it before shooting the vid duh. And there is so much black sut sp? on the head its not even funny. I personally would even look at a type r thats been boosted unless its full race with a sleeved block.

 

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if its that easy of a fix.. why hasnt he done it already?

 

Look for small black (Carbon) streaks from where the exhaust is blowing out of the leak.