Was cruising at 70 on the interstate tonight. I dropped it into 3rd and floored it. Everything was fine until just past 5000 RPM I started hearing a ticking noise coming from the front of the car. I tried again, with the same results. Sounds perfect until right after passing the 5000 RPM mark, then I got a slight ticking noise. Took the next exit, got on the on ramp, revved up all the way through 2nd with no ticking noise, then heard it again in 3rd, at the same RPM as the last 2 runs.
The ticking noise was very faint, and uneven. I would think if it was something wrong with the engine, it would be heard at a steady pace (in rhythm with the revs). It was kind of like bugs hitting the windshield or something, but that wasn't the case. I don't think it was the transmission either, because it sounded like it was coming from directly in front of me, almost like it was on the other side of the gauge cluster.
Anyone got any ideas? This isn't the dreaded "ticking" is it? Isn't that mainly on boosted cars?
Mods are in sig, nothing major done to the engine. I've never noticed this before, let alone since my last mod sometime last year.
The ticking noise was very faint, and uneven. I would think if it was something wrong with the engine, it would be heard at a steady pace (in rhythm with the revs). It was kind of like bugs hitting the windshield or something, but that wasn't the case. I don't think it was the transmission either, because it sounded like it was coming from directly in front of me, almost like it was on the other side of the gauge cluster.
Anyone got any ideas? This isn't the dreaded "ticking" is it? Isn't that mainly on boosted cars?
Mods are in sig, nothing major done to the engine. I've never noticed this before, let alone since my last mod sometime last year.