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Old Jun 22, 2014 | 04:09 PM
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Default Sound when throttling hard?

Just a quick question guys, didn't want to make a complete thread about it..but I also don't want to pay my mechanic $100 to tell me it's nothing.
I was cruising today and decided to give it some gas in 1st gear, as I was going up in RPMs I could hear a whistling or hissing noise coming from the engine. No CEL, no driving issues, no noise when driving normal..it's only when I get the RPM over about 5000
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by paloalto00
Just a quick question guys, didn't want to make a complete thread about it..but I also don't want to pay my mechanic $100 to tell me it's nothing.
I was cruising today and decided to give it some gas in 1st gear, as I was going up in RPMs I could hear a whistling or hissing noise coming from the engine. No CEL, no driving issues, no noise when driving normal..it's only when I get the RPM over about 5000
Mine does the same thing, i think it's fairly common with our cars. I thought i read somewhere it has something to do with the design of the air intake.
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by paloalto00
Just a quick question guys, didn't want to make a complete thread about it..but I also don't want to pay my mechanic $100 to tell me it's nothing. I was cruising today and decided to give it some gas in 1st gear, as I was going up in RPMs I could hear a whistling or hissing noise coming from the engine. No CEL, no driving issues, no noise when driving normal..it's only when I get the RPM over about 5000
You sure you don't have a supercharger or turbo

Most likely your just hearing increased air induction, do you have a CAI?
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