I have an 02 ep3 with a cai, spec stage II clutch, lwfw and a ss. I did the famous 3rd to 2nd coming straight out of the top of third and bent 2 valves on the exhaust cam in cylinder four and completely f'ed the thing that has the bearing in it that opens the valves, Im assuming. So I had the head rebuilt and everthing runs smoother now than before. BUT the one thing that is happening is:

Only in first gear from a stand still when i let the clutch out to move forward, it makes a moaning, creekish sound (almost like a muffled dying giraffe) but as soon as my foots off the clutch and the car is moving the sound goes away. I can make it make the noise in second gear if I shift into 2nd gear when i am only going 20 or under kinda like when you put it in 2nd to pull into a neighborhood and it laggs out for a second befor it get to a high enough rpm.

it doesnt make the noise in reverse from a dead stop either! so i have a noise in 1st gear that is only there when im starting off from a dead stop, it doesnt do it in reverse from a dead stop and it doesnt do it in any of the other gears!

Is it the throwout bearing not having any grease from where i spun it so hard when I miss shifted? If it was the clutch i would think it would do "something" in every gear! I would like some knowledgeable answers before I pay to crack the tranny and it ends up beng the axle, or something like that... Any help would be great. Have a nice day

 

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dude thats honestly odd.. you mght wana ask in the engine building section of the k20.org forum

 

my car does that, but for me it was just the clutch pedal, i just greased it and it goes away for a couple of months... try that first

 

I went by the shop that installed my clutch, and went for a ride:

First off my front tire had thrown a small weight that had created the situation for the tire to be slightly unbalanced and was sending a fucked up vibration when cruising but the noise is, as I was told, beacause the fact that the clutch is made out of kevlar and that it would either go away, stay or get a little bit quieter.

Does anyone have a clutch that is made out of kevlar and what did the chatter sound like? or any other experience welcome!

 

just a thought when you start in first gear going form a dead stop your engine is being tourqed toward the front of the car. i guess is that may be some thing is loose that is causing this noise and i am thinking because if you go slow in 2nd you could be getting some chatter or your really loading down the motor when you do that so you get the noise but when you go in revese you dont get it be cause the engine is being torqued the oppisite way maybe this is a good ansewer....i dont know but it wouldnt hurt to double check some motor mounts or subframe bolts hope this helps