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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 07:02 PM
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From: Lansdale Pa
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this weekend i put new the new springs, shocks, endlinks with poly bushings, lca's, lca relocation brackets, and panhard bar on my car. it handles great, but now i have a loud humming/whining noise when i hit crusing speeds of 35 and above, it seems to be the loudest when i am on the gas at those speeds, if i let off the gas it gets much quieter, but under acceleration it is louder. I think my car had this noise before, just much much quieter. I'm pretty sure its a drivertrain issue because if i put it in neutral at crusing speeds and rev the engine it doesn't produce the noise. I don't know if it is a "bad" noise, i just can't figure out what accounts for it. I don't think poly bushings or the lower springs would account for it.

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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 09:11 AM
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Car: 89 IROC-Z
Engine: 355 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Rear going bad? The poly bushings probably just made more of the noise transfer the body of the car making it sound louder. That’s my bet.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 09:24 AM
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Car: 87 Trans Am
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Mine makes the same noise. It sounds like the rear end to me to. Mines been doing it since I swapped rear ends in the car about 20k miles ago.
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 04:49 PM
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yeah it is weird, the more i listen to it the more i find out about it, for instance, it is loudest between 40-50 mphs, so if it is the rear, what actually causes this noise?
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 09:48 PM
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Mines worse around 40-50mph also. I think it's from improper gear setup when gm put these things together.
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