HELP!! my car sounds like a subaru...

[Bimmerista]

ehh....i would'nt consider a STI a ricer considering that they acually go fast....

+1

[E30FreaK89]

Boxer engine with horizontally opposed pistons and a massive ass bigbore exhaust with "RICER" stamped all over it, thats why they sound like that =P

ehh....i would'nt consider a STI a ricer considering that they acually go fast....

[mark247]

never heard a wrx?



which also means trivia time...

who knows why wrx's sound like they do

Boxer engine with horizontally opposed pistons and a massive ass bigbore exhaust with "RICER" stamped all over it, thats why they sound like that =P

[Dave]

Yes, there are stronger rocker arms - do a search here and you will find them. Not sure they are really worth the extra $$ unless you are going mad forced induction though.

[E30FreaK89]

If you want to make it a long, cumbersome, draw out process.... you can change it in the car.

I much prefer to pull the head to do it. It doesn't take long and you can replace worn seals and the like while you are there.

I prefer to pull the head with the intake manifold and exhaust manifolds still attached. This saves you alot of time, labor, and the cost/time of replacing those gaskets. The downside to this is the entire assembly is pretty heavy and although you can likely lift it up and off, and hold it at your chest fine.... holding it with your arms stretched out trying to lower it steadily onto the block to put it back on is near impossible. With a friend on the other side to help its cake.

Do yourself the favor while its out and replace all 12 rockers with new ones. You'll never have this problem again. They way it sounds like you like to drive, with these rockers age, they are all just waiting to follow suit.

with that being said.. i dont want this to hapen again, is there a beter stronger rocker arm and valve spring i can go with to handle higher RPM's? i know there must be, can you please send me a link to a place that sells them.. thanks, i was also looking into stroking my car after i did my suspension but it looks like im going to be doing the stroker first, soo ill probubly be pulling the motor..

Gary

[Jordan]

If you want to make it a long, cumbersome, draw out process.... you can change it in the car.

I much prefer to pull the head to do it. It doesn't take long and you can replace worn seals and the like while you are there.

I prefer to pull the head with the intake manifold and exhaust manifolds still attached. This saves you alot of time, labor, and the cost/time of replacing those gaskets. The downside to this is the entire assembly is pretty heavy and although you can likely lift it up and off, and hold it at your chest fine.... holding it with your arms stretched out trying to lower it steadily onto the block to put it back on is near impossible. With a friend on the other side to help its cake.

Do yourself the favor while its out and replace all 12 rockers with new ones. You'll never have this problem again. They way it sounds like you like to drive, with these rockers age, they are all just waiting to follow suit.

[E30FreaK89]

yep broken rocker arm on the #4 cylinder...now it looks like i have to pull the head off to get a new rocker on there? or is there a sneaky way to do it?

[asubimmer]

what do you mean sounds like a subaru, that is really an odd description of a sound

never heard a wrx?



which also means trivia time...

who knows why wrx's sound like they do

[NC325iC]

what do you mean sounds like a subaru, that is really an odd description of a sound

[Jordan]

Broken rocker is most likely.

Just pull the valve cover off and have a look.

[SchnellerVert]

did you look under the hood?

[mark247]

Sounds like a broken rocker. I remember seeing a video on youtube or something a while back of a e30 sounding like a subaru, i think it was a broken rocker arm so yea.

[asubimmer]

broke a rocker arm prob...

[e30 gangsta]

sigh. Check everything then get back to us. No one here is going to throw on random suggestions to help you out. Post more info.

[E30FreaK89]

just that, tonight i pinned full throtle and then slamed in second and punched it again. the back end slid a little with tire spin and then after it started sounding like a subaru! it feels like one of the cylinder's isnt fireing..i was just woundering if anybody else has had this problem?