Octane rattle?????
07-26-2010, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: ohio
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Octane rattle?????
i have a 94 mustang gt 5.0 ho with nothing more done to it than a 3 in exuast manifold back. Im having an issue of power loss under a load. i hear what sounds to be lifters tappin i need all other inputs on what u think it is. I have a thousand dollars i am spending to put in the motor my tranny is already set up and need suggestions on what i shold spend the money on was thinkin a cam kit intake but i need more thanks for all the help.
07-26-2010, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: ohio
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Idk really what the sound is its hard to describe but its almost like there is a loose bolt and its attlin it only does it when i get into the pedal and when it stops rattlin i loose almost all power the car falls on its face i put a new distributor and button and new plugs have fully synthetic oil in it and my girl got a conventional motor oil change and thats the history
07-26-2010, 08:25 PM
#5
THe power loss is what loses me. I recently had to retard my timing becuase of the same noise your having. Turned back timing just a pinch and it's fine now. I didnt experience power loss though. Try bumping you timing down a pinch and let us know if the rattling atleast goes away.
