Short Shift rattle????
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 707
Likes: 0
From: Murrysville PA
Short Shift rattle????
Just had a MGW short shift kit installed by my local performance center.
Now it seems that while accelerating in first and second there is a rattle.
Love the short shift, a little stiff, may go for the anti-venom mod.
If I immediately go into neutral while the car in moving the rattle goes away.
The rattle seems to lessen considerable in 3, 4 and 5th gear.
In neutral, if I race the engine there is NO rattle. I thought that maybe my new short tube headers need re tightened or something was loose under the car but don't think so now.
What do you think; it's driving me crazy.
Thank you
Now it seems that while accelerating in first and second there is a rattle.
Love the short shift, a little stiff, may go for the anti-venom mod.
If I immediately go into neutral while the car in moving the rattle goes away.
The rattle seems to lessen considerable in 3, 4 and 5th gear.
In neutral, if I race the engine there is NO rattle. I thought that maybe my new short tube headers need re tightened or something was loose under the car but don't think so now.
What do you think; it's driving me crazy.
Thank you
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 707
Likes: 0
From: Murrysville PA
I think I have found the source; my "low engine oil" light came on. Added one quart and it seemed to quiet down. The "low engine light" came on again. Will add more oil tomorrow.
Looks like my engine is going thru a quart per 1,000 miles; is this normal?
Mu car only havs 16,000 miles on it. It's a 2000 vert, LS1 engine.
What gives????
Looks like my engine is going thru a quart per 1,000 miles; is this normal?
Mu car only havs 16,000 miles on it. It's a 2000 vert, LS1 engine.
What gives????
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 18,643
Likes: 14
From: Norman Oklahoma - The Only State in the Union with no Blue Counties!
I have the older Ripper Shifter. It does rattle sometimes when I don't push the go pedal hard enough. Reminds me to fix it with TQ!
Really doesn't bother me much.
Really doesn't bother me much.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 707
Likes: 0
From: Murrysville PA
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
5 Best & 5 Worst Corvette Daily Drivers
Joe Kucinski
The Headlights of Every Corvette Generation Explained
Joe Kucinski
5 Best & 5 Most Overrated Corvette Track Packages of All Time!
Joe Kucinski
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 707
Likes: 0
From: Murrysville PA