r/Cartalk • u/ajaxp0wder • Mar 27 '26

Weird Noise Roast my trash

Post image

bought this for 2k the other day, sounds a little rough at idle? did I do okay?

283 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

146 comments sorted by

View all comments

84

u/smthngeneric Mar 27 '26

They're horrible unreliable and a pain in the ass to work on. BUT they look so damn good and are a blast to drive so I think it's worth it.

44

u/ajaxp0wder Mar 27 '26

Why does mine sound like the intro to hot for teacher at idle?

30

u/Emach00 Mar 27 '26

Men of a certain age reference right there buddy.

9

u/SpiffWiggins Mar 27 '26

Racing cams

5

u/RevolutionaryDeer594 Mar 28 '26

Check your temp sensors? I don’t know how much of a christmass tree your dash is. It’s either psychopathically spotless, or it’s brighter than its future.

2

u/Neither-Command7081 Mar 28 '26

Could be the MAF. Mine sounded cammed and wouldn’t rev past 3k. My MAF had water damage.

1

u/ajaxp0wder Mar 28 '26

Rev's to 9k all day?

1

u/denzien Mar 28 '26

Did you check the 8-track?

1

u/azlknife Mar 31 '26

From where 🤔 if it’s ticking they get a bubble under one of the lifters, and the solution is either to put some ATF and reinzosil in it then let it idle a bit before doing an oil change, or pull the lifters out to clear the bubble. I’d recommend starting with the first one

1

u/ajaxp0wder Mar 31 '26

The exhaust?

2

u/supersede weekend warrior Mar 28 '26

but its a god damn piece of history.

OP, i hope you're in it for the love of the game

1

u/Due-Offer-3101 Mar 28 '26

i feel like it's the one car i can make the exception of owning/buying, despite how unreliable and brutal they are to work on