[Steve91T]

Man I'm excited. Dailydriver posted his car for sale and I could tell from that add that it was much loved and well taken care of. Unfortunately a nasty knock on the engine forced him to sell it. I thought this could be the perfect car for my dad.

This car looks amazing for having 172k miles. It is pretty rare to find a 1 owner car these days.

So, first things first. I had the car for all of 30 seconds before I broke it. I dragged the exhaust pulling into my driveway and separated the car back from the y pipe. So today I fixed that so the exhaust wasn't dragging on the ground anymore. Next, I need to make room for all the parts Dave packed into the car. It's completely full of parts. Thanks Dave! And finally, I need to figure out what's up with the engine. It has a nasty knock. It has great oil pressure, runs smooth, no smoke, but knocks really bad. I think it's a lifter, but I don't know. I think I'm going to pull the valve covers and see what I find. As well as this car has been taken care of, I'm hoping the engine is healty. I'd love to just replace some lifters and let my dad enjoy this car for a while.

Anyway, let me know what you guys would do to diagnose this knock.


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[landstuhltaylor]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never understood why people are so worried about scraping the exhaust on the ground. It doesn't take much to change your approach angle and get over whatever it is with zero issue. Worst case they scrape a bit and they will self clearance eventually. It's not like anyone here is running some absurdly low ride height.

<--- Drove a Jetta for two years that was lowered ~3 inches and the oil pan/trans was the first thing to scrape over anything. Sold it with rolled bacon fenders and no rust since it would all just get scraped off before it could form.

[Steve91T]

Maybe it's just me, but I've never understood why people are so worried about scraping the exhaust on the ground. It doesn't take much to change your approach angle and get over whatever it is with zero issue. Worst case they scrape a bit and they will self clearance eventually. It's not like anyone here is running some absurdly low ride height.

<--- Drove a Jetta for two years that was lowered ~3 inches and the oil pan/trans was the first thing to scrape over anything. Sold it with rolled bacon fenders and no rust since it would all just get scraped off before it could form.

When we had the 396 LT1 with LT's, the 02 sensors were basically in the collectors with band clamps attaching the Y pipes that held the high flow cats. If we dragged the exhaust hard enough, it would cause the band clamps to slip, causing an exhaust leak, which stunk. The worst parts was the it would give the 02 sensors a bad reading and the car would run like crap.

I eventually got sick of it and has it welded.

But, that's the taste by dad has in his mouth about long tubes. I can't blame him. He wants it to be super reliable and very friendly on the street. So that why I'm trying to make that happen.

Me on the other hand, I'm the idiot driving around a race car with the exhaust practically dragging on the ground and a big ass smile on my face!