Get up alonside a wall and kill the engine. If you still hear the noise,
it's not the exhaust.
Dan Yates
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoon Kim" <hoon@pixar.com>
To: "datsun roadster mailist" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: September 19, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: weird noise
> OK
>
> I've been getting this weird noise coming from the car. I first
> thought that it was due to my cracked exhaust manifold, but after
> installing a header, the sound is still there. Here is the
> description of the noise.
>
> I mostly notice it coming out of the passenger side when I am driving
> along side a wall for the sound to bounce from. I'm not sure if it's
> a wheel problem or an exhaust problem. I first thought that it might
> be a bad connection between the muffler and the pipes connecting it
> since the sound seemed to come when I accelerated. Now without the
> noise from the cracked manifold gone, it sounds to be more of a
> metallic sound. The sound isn't sporadic, but not completely rhythmic
> either.
>
> My thoughts are it is either a brake/disc problem or an exhaust problem.
>
> Do you guys have any idea of what it could be, or things to look out
> for to narrow down the source? Thanks again.
> --
>
>
> Hoon Kim
> Pixar Animation Studios
> Emeryville, CA
> hoon@pixar.com
>
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