is this common
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12
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From: Plano TX
Piston slap.. Very common on these cars. Starts at about 130 degrees and goes away at 170 degrees I was pissed when I first heard it on mine, but learned to ignore it after awhile. It will not affect performance or longevity of the engine... Just annoying. Get headers and a Borla Exhaust system.. You won't hear it..
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Montara Ca
If I understand screw991le attached link then the noise should have been there from day one due to sh**y tolerencing of the pistons. Mine started at about 100K and is just a little ticking sound. I'll be throwinig on a new set of heads/cam/rockers and pushrods in a few weeks, while I was in there I was going to change out the lifters to so that should tell the story. I don't know, maybe my noise is not what brogden31 has.
