the car:
92 hatch
'00 ITR swap (drivetrain has 81k on it)
PIC selects

new parts:
axles (two different brand new sets)
wheel bearings
tie rod ends
ball joints (upper and lower)
engine mounts
tried a different intermediate shaft

the problem:
when accelerating from a stop, with the steering wheel turned more than 1/4 turn, the front suspension sounds like there's something rubbing. Sort of like the sound you get when a tire rubs on the inner fender liner. And occasionally it sounds like the typical CV shaft dieing noise, that semi-fluidish cluck-cluck-cluck then back to the rubber on plastic noise. Anything over 5mph it doesn't do it at all.

Nothing is rubbing, I raised the car up to stock height (maybe higher) and tied or removed anything that could come in contact with anything that turns... same noise.
Bushings are tight and in one peice, the wheels don't move in any direction when you try to wiggle them.

Also during acceleration it vibrates, freewheeling or decel it's smooth.
It may be two issues, I'm not sure, but I know it's pissing me off.
clutch is strong, the car drives great other than this.


have an autocross event on monday, hoping to figure this out before then... or it'll be in the back of my mind the entire time... it's in the back of my mind that what ever this is, is going to fail and throw me into the wall at 110+...



one thing that still bothers me (that I noticed while messing with the intermediate shaft) the driver's side axle, inner female connection to the intermediate shaft can wobble slightly.
I checked it with both intermediate shafts and four new CV axles at the store they all wiggle like that.
Maybe it's normal but it seems strange (to me) for a slip fit connection.

 

A good video with clear audio would help. The LSD will make some noise but it shouldn't be very loud.

 

possibly the input shaft bearing. your symtoms sound kinda like mine. not for sure but i thought i would chime in.