I recently decided to be a responsible adult and have the oil pump gears & water pump changed on my '12 Boss 302. Car has 75K miles and since I autox a lot, and plan on adding a Whipple next year, it seemed like it was time.
As these things often go, I slid into the "While we're in there" mode and went with the GT500 oil pan & pump kit Ford is selling. I also went with a GT500 water pump and 160 thermostat. Timing chains and tensioners were changed at the same time along with billet crank sprocket from MMR.
A couple of weeks after the work was done I went to an autox event and was having a little bit of trouble making the 2nd to 3rd gear shift. I've had the car for 5 years, and up until that very moment thought I had the MT-82 issues resolved....but you probably know where this is going. I ended up in 1st gear instead of 3rd. Thankfully it's a Boss, and I was shifting out of 2nd early to avoid a gear shift at the finish line. The data logger shows the rpm's hit 7,546rpm. The engine sounded fine after that, and I thought it was ok. Decided to run in the afternoon heat, and again, the motor sounded & ran fine. On my very last lap (#5), GoPro picked up a ticking noise after the finish line as I was slowly driving over to grab my time slip.
Brought the car into my usual shop, and they couldn't find anything wrong. They changed the oil, and i pulled a sample to send to Blackstone (waiting on the results). At this point, the car had not made the ticking noise again.
This last weekend, went to a Porsche Club autox event, and again noticed the noise, but not until i had put in 4 laps. There weren't a ton of people at this event, and we got 6 runs in the morning & 7 in the afternoon.
Here is a link to the video of my 4th & 6th lap.
You'll notice that there is no "ticking" noise at the start of my 4th lap, but can hear it as I slowly roll up to pick up my time slip. Noise is then there again at the start of my 6th lap and at the finish line.
Does anyone have any ideas about what this could be?
As these things often go, I slid into the "While we're in there" mode and went with the GT500 oil pan & pump kit Ford is selling. I also went with a GT500 water pump and 160 thermostat. Timing chains and tensioners were changed at the same time along with billet crank sprocket from MMR.
A couple of weeks after the work was done I went to an autox event and was having a little bit of trouble making the 2nd to 3rd gear shift. I've had the car for 5 years, and up until that very moment thought I had the MT-82 issues resolved....but you probably know where this is going. I ended up in 1st gear instead of 3rd. Thankfully it's a Boss, and I was shifting out of 2nd early to avoid a gear shift at the finish line. The data logger shows the rpm's hit 7,546rpm. The engine sounded fine after that, and I thought it was ok. Decided to run in the afternoon heat, and again, the motor sounded & ran fine. On my very last lap (#5), GoPro picked up a ticking noise after the finish line as I was slowly driving over to grab my time slip.
Brought the car into my usual shop, and they couldn't find anything wrong. They changed the oil, and i pulled a sample to send to Blackstone (waiting on the results). At this point, the car had not made the ticking noise again.
This last weekend, went to a Porsche Club autox event, and again noticed the noise, but not until i had put in 4 laps. There weren't a ton of people at this event, and we got 6 runs in the morning & 7 in the afternoon.
Here is a link to the video of my 4th & 6th lap.
You'll notice that there is no "ticking" noise at the start of my 4th lap, but can hear it as I slowly roll up to pick up my time slip. Noise is then there again at the start of my 6th lap and at the finish line.
Does anyone have any ideas about what this could be?