Hey guys i put my AEM on a few weeks ago and i hear a lot of whistling from the air filter. Is this normal? It doesn't bother me in the least (in fact i kinda like hearing it suck in air). Opinions/Comments welcome

Also, my mechanic put in a Comptech flywheel last week. It chatters whenever i give it gas (say in 2nd gear taking it to 5k rpm's and then letting off the gas to decelerate without hitting the brake). Anyone else had this problem at all? Thanks in advance.

Mike

 

The AEM whistle is normal. Don't know what to say about the flywheel.

Tony

 

yeah the whistling is normal. I make believe its turbo whistle

 

the whistlin is normal.. i like it..... after every whistle i say PSHHHHHHHHHHHh.............. lol... im a loser

 

Actually, with the header it sounds like PSHHHHHHHH along with the high pitched wistle from the AEM.

 

The AEM sound is normal. That was one of the highlights of having that intake. The flywheel thing doesn't sound good at all. I'd take that back and have them look at it. Something is hitting something it shouldn't.

 

Glad the AEM is normal. Anyone else with comment on the flywheel? It almost sounds as if there is an extremely loud chattering when i floor the car at a low rpm and when i left off the gas (say at 5k rpms) to decelerate it will make this awful chatter noise. This never occured when the car was stock so i am thinking something to do with the flywheel? It doesnt seem to do it every time might i add.

Mike

 

sound is something similiar to two componets clanking together very rapidly. Kinda hard to describe the sound. Anyways, is engine braking something that a lightened flywheel doesn't like???

mike

 

problem with installing a flywheel and not installing a new clutch...

the clutch is used.

the clutch ***** up the surface of your old flywheel, and with it your clutch's surface is fucked up too.

I am sure if you still have the old flywheel and you take a fingernail and scrape it against the flywheel surface you will notice its very scarred from the clutch grabbing onto it...

Well this is the case with your flywheel, When doing any type of work on a "CLUTCH" part of the transmission at all you cannot just replace one part at a time...

You have to replace everything at once... It is stupid not to because there is a 50 50 chance you can get it to work without a problem...

I dont know if you have a stock clutch at all.

but if you do you have to get rid of it.

I have never heard of anyone resurfacing a clutch disc, but believe me I dont think there would be much clutch left if they did resurface work on them.

But that is what your chattering is, you put a rugged surface on a clean smooth flat surface.

Say you bought a new clutch and had your stock flywheel still, you could not just install the clutch, piliot, and throwout bearings and expect to be done, you have to dismount the flywheel and have it resurfaced, or your clutch will wear out really fast, and will possibly cause your flywheel to warp.

This is a vise versa case with your clutch. grinding on the new flywheel.

my advice is to pony up for a new clutch now, and when you get it installed to resurface your new flywheel because its probobly scarred all to hell now from your old clutch.

if you got a new clutch and a new flywheel installed at the same time and its chattering, I would get a full refund from whoever did the work or a free repair bill for having to tear your car down again to realign the clutch because it was not put in properly, and you still have to get the flywheel resurfaced then...

I wish you well.


[Modified by 137, 5:08 PM 10/9/2001]

 

car only has 19k miles on it. I didn't think it would need to be replaced at the same time. So i need the new clutch/resurface of the flywheel and i will be set to go then huh?

Mike

 

pretty much... make sure to replace the pilot bearing and the throw out bearing as well... and to have the transmission fluid changed...

 

wanna buy my clutch? Brand new ACT XTREME PP and disc for $385

 

That's very funny. I personally like the whistle sound. I don't actually do the sneezing sound though.

 

get exedy or clutchmasters stay away from act...

 

I would bet anything that your problem with the flywheel is due to play in the clutch bearing. I assume that your foot is off the clutch completely when this sound is present? If so then simply apply a little pressure to the clutch peddle when you notice this sound (just enough to feel pressure in the peddle). This will force the bearing against the clutch springs and eliminate any play.

If this solves your problem then simply have the mechanic (or yourself) adjust the clutch peddle (done from inside the car under the dash) so that the bearing play is reduced.

I had the same problem and this fixed it 100%

Regards,

 

BABY: yes you are absolutely right. My foot is completely off the clutch when this noise occurs. I was driving home from work today listening to the sound more closely. I am just wondering if something is loose down there (they did the DC JDM header with Carsound cat install at the same time as the flywheel). It might be the clutch bearing as you said and we will have to play with it. Thanks for the help guys

Mike

 

Alright guys. I had the car on the lift today and was checking out some stuff underneath the car of where i thought the rattle might be. At first the heat shield just above the cat converter looked like it was rubbing so we fixed that. That didn't seem to work. It was still rattling later on this afternoon. So i took into consideration the clutch (which i didn't replace with the flywheel). I now know for a fact that the sound only occurs when the clutch is engaged. I always have my foot on the clutch pressing it (not knowing or feeling it of course to the threshold of the limit to where it wouldn't actually engage but it made the noise/chattering that i am talking about). So the noise is actually coming from the clutch when it is partially engaged or whenever i press the clutch all the way down. Now the noise doesn't continue when the clutch it down however, just initially when i press the clutch.

Mike