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moreause

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hi i just change my tune with a diablo predator. they say to watch for pinging. I know is't kind of noise coming from the engine. But since when it's suppose to happen you are kind at full throtle with the exaust sound and all.

I was just wondering if it was that obvious, kind a the car is not going right. I tried it a bit tonight and it seem to do fine.

 

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sometimes it's obvious, sometimes it's not. just make sure to run the highest octane at the gas station at all times when changing the timing.

 

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You should hear it...or even feel it. It will sound like it is almost comming from under the dash despite exhaust.

Do this, drive up a steep hill in fourth gear over 4,000 rpms. If you don't hear then, you are probably in good shape.

 

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Does it sound anything like and exhaust leak where the headers connect to the x-pipe. Cause I hear a noise on mine and now I am worried that it is pinging and not a leak. I use the 93 octane though and still hear the noise.

 

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Are you a young guy by any chance? Because the older cars used to ping all the time. I say this, because it is an un-mistakeable sound, but too unique to describe. It can sound like marbles in a can if it is really bad. But usually sounds like a....well, I am lost.

OK, how 'bout this. Did you even hear a metal golf wood hit a ball and it kind of pings? Well, pre-ignition (car pinging) sounds like a muffled version of that, but is rapid.

 

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Go HoTO! said:

Are you a young guy by any chance? Because the older cars used to ping all the time. I say this, because it is an un-mistakeable sound, but too unique to describe. It can sound like marbles in a can if it is really bad. But usually sounds like a....well, I am lost.

OK, how 'bout this. Did you even hear a metal golf wood hit a ball and it kind of pings? Well, pre-ignition (car pinging) sounds like a muffled version of that, but is rapid.

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i don't know if 32 is young but thank's for the explanation. And if i hear some golf playing under the hood il know what to do

thank's, So i'm probably ok because i haven't hear of feel anything that obvious.

 

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moreause said:

i don't know if 32 is young but thank's for the explanation. And if i hear some golf playing under the hood il know what to do

thank's, So i'm probably ok because i haven't hear of feel anything that obvious.

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You'll know it if you've got it.

 

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Crap i think.. no i know i have that sound. just yestuday i went up a pretty steep hill and went from 5th to 4th and it started to sound like loose valves kind of like how a v-tech sounds.
i have a 2000 gt with 80k on it and i normaly use 89 but now im thinking of switching but to what i dont now if to go up or down since my car is made for 87.
any advice? its been over a month now and i want that sound to stop. if gas doesnt help what next? tune?

 

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I don't have a chip in my car, but while going WOT on the on ramp the other day, I noticed it pings, so I started using 89 octane... so far so good.

 

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Just had a chip installed on our car and noticed that it pings ... have emailed the shop to see if I should bring it back in. If they dyno tuned it when it was installed, it shouldn't ping, right? Or could this happen even if they tuned it?

 

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I've done a Predator tune and I always either use Mobil or Shell 93 oct. I've noticed that if I do a lot of in-town driving, it feels like it's getting loaded up. And when I finally get it where I can open it up real good, it pings in 3rd and 4th. After a couple minutes it seems like both simtoms go away and it starts running like a stripe-a$$ed ape again...familiar to anyone else?

 

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Pinging sounds like a coule of rusty nails being shaken in a tin can... The times I have heard it, it is very obvious, even over a loud exhaust... in fact, I heard mine over a WS6 trying to pass me with straight pipes. pinging

 

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hobbes80 said:

Pinging sounds like a coule of rusty nails being shaken in a tin can...

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yup marbles in a rusty coffee can.
pinging does not sound like "pinging".

 

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blockhead said:

Crap i think.. no i know i have that sound. just yestuday i went up a pretty steep hill and went from 5th to 4th and it started to sound like loose valves kind of like how a v-tech sounds.
i have a 2000 gt with 80k on it and i normaly use 89 but now im thinking of switching but to what i dont now if to go up or down since my car is made for 87.
any advice? its been over a month now and i want that sound to stop. if gas doesnt help what next? tune?

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If 93 octane doesn't help, which it should, then you can install a 180 thermastat to help bring down the heat range on the plugs. Should work. If not then yes a tune would be in order.

 

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hobbes80 said:

Pinging sounds like a coule of rusty nails being shaken in a tin can..

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exactly