short shifter whistle??

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azeli73

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2002 Protege 5 Turbo

• Feb 24, 2003

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just took my car out for the first time and I'm hearing a faint whistle after installing my kartboy SS and bushing. I was driving in forth and let off on the accelerator to coast to the red light ahead of me and could hear a faint whistle sound. Once I engaged the clutch, the whistle disappears. Help me out here. I'm at a loss as to what it could be...

 

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MikeBlueP5

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2K2 Protege 5 (Sold) now 08 UrbanRunner

• Feb 24, 2003

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just tranny/gear noise probably, I noticed the same thing when I put on my B&M, you gotta think how much tighter everything is now, there for transmitting more noise.
Mike

 

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Daddy Warbucks

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09 370Z Nismo

• Feb 24, 2003

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my only guess would be a loose heatshield bolt over the cat on the exhaust, or the heatshield itself rubbing on the linkage. All just a guess,

 

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azeli73

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2002 Protege 5 Turbo

• Feb 24, 2003

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double checked all the nuts and bolts. I pulled down the heat shield a little bit to make sure there was no contact made with the shifter... My guess is a break in period. I really can't be doing a whole lot of harm here.

 

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Sir Nuke

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• Feb 25, 2003

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I say its time to CRANK UP THE VOLUME!!!!


WHISTLE? WHAT WHISTLE? I DON'T HEAR NO STINKIN WHISTLE!

 

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Cheese

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2014 CX-5 Sport 6-M/T

• Feb 25, 2003

• #6

the whistles man, the whistles! jes fur deckurashion!

 

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Cheese

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2014 CX-5 Sport 6-M/T

• Feb 25, 2003

• #7

woooooooo WOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

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uclap5

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Big Blue Bus

• Feb 25, 2003

• #8

mine don't whistle.

 

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proman

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• Feb 26, 2003

• #9

i got that whistle too. From what i read, it shouldn't be any harm.

 

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cbcbd

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02 P5

• Mar 31, 2003

• #10

Yeah, I'm getting, I think, the same thing!!??? :wtf:

Very weird, when a gear is engaged and I'm not giving gas it makes a noise, the I give it some gas and it stops, but then as I give it more gas another noise comes in.
This happens in all gears and I didn't notice that happening until halway through my morning commute. I installed the shifter and bushings on Saturday and went out twice this weekend without any noise.

 

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Adam3482P

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2002 Subaru WRX

• Mar 31, 2003

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Man I'm jelous I got the B&M but no whistle.

I want the(woowoo)

 

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Cheese

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2014 CX-5 Sport 6-M/T

• Mar 31, 2003

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ok, well i got my Kartboy shifter + bushings installed last Monday, and sure enough, i hear this same whistle as described by cbcbd...
(woowoo)

 

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Kooldino

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MP3

• Mar 31, 2003

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I had this same problem. I only installed the Kartboy bushing. There's an OLD thread on it somewhere if you care to search. Basically it's just a vibration created by the hard poly shifter bushing. Doesn't do any harm. Dies down a tad over time.

 

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fastdrvr23

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03' Silverado, 03' P5

• Mar 31, 2003

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Kooldino said:

I had this same problem. I only installed the Kartboy bushing. There's an OLD thread on it somewhere if you care to search. Basically it's just a vibration created by the hard poly shifter bushing. Doesn't do any harm. Dies down a tad over time.

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Yep...
Mark from Kartboy told me it was just an Increase in NVH (Noise, Vibrations, Harshness) or something like that... lol

I heard a real light metallic whine when I first installed my bushings. It went away about 2,000 miles later. Nothing to worry about.

 

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Cameleon3

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Mazda MP3 (Blue Mica)

• Apr 2, 2003

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s***..I hate hearing about this whistle and vibrations right after I just order a Kartboy short shifter and bushings...that kind of sucks...my car already makes enough noises with the front and rear suspensions and the stupid dashboard sometimes...

 

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azeli73

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2002 Protege 5 Turbo

• Apr 2, 2003

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It does seem to fade over time. But I can still hear it. I was under there the other day and was checking out the heat shield plate that I moved aside when putting in the bushing and got to thinking it was maybe this. But that is tight. My other guess is the catalytic converter. It seems to have a slight vibration in it at the hangers.

 

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Groza187

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02.5 Protege 5

• May 20, 2005

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Same prob. here.

 

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Spooled

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Mazdaspeed Protege

• May 23, 2005

• #18

Same problem here, too. BUT I just got my Kartboy exhaust hangers in the mail today! I'm hoping that it will keep it from moving to much.

 

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SNike05

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2002 Protege5

• May 23, 2005

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I had the same problem gear 4 and gear 5. I changed my gear oil with Royal Purple and it seems to have gone away or is not noticeable any longer.

 

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Das Pretzelwagon

• May 23, 2005

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I have it too.