Few noises pissing me off

[ZX2guy19]

Ok, so after sitting all winter, my car has been making some VERY irritating noises.

1st- The exhaust still seems like it's rattling but I've had it checked numerous times. The biggest thing to me is ever since I took my xcal off, i get MAD FUCKING RASP. Could the loss of hp/tq really make it buzz like a bee? It NEVER did this and then the second I took off the xcal, buzz buzz buzz.

2nd- My shifter rattles...non fricken stop. It is ridiculous. Is there ANY way to fix it? It drives me up the damn wall.

3rd- After the rear disc swap, I can hear the brake pads stopping in the rear, kind of louder then normal. Like...it sounds like they are rubbing.

One final question. Let's say I'm doing 50mph on a completely flat road. Let's say I just put the car in neutral and cost. How fast should I decelerate, because sometimes I think my brakes are dragging. It feels sometimes like when I'm coasting I'm braking because of how fast I am slowing down without hitting the brakes.


As always, thanks guys.

[gold_member]

my shifter rattles since i've installed the short throw when its in certain gears, its annoying as hell. i've found the best solution is to keep my hand on it

[ZX2 S/R Black]

Your rear brakes are rubbing...
and, yes, your exhaust does sound a bit raspy... What size piping do you have? and muffler? do you have a resonator?

When I put on my Hotshot header with stock piping and s/r borla muffler I had bad rasp too... installed 2.5" piping with a 18" resonator and Borla Pro XS muffler and it isn't raspy at all now, well, you heard it for yourself... I might add a glasspack cheap resonator just to make it quiter though... not sure yet

[ZX2WV]

i have a hotshot header, 2.25 inch pipe, a high flow cat and a magnaflow muffler. raspier than hell. lol. but i got used to it

[mechtech]

Jack up each corner and spin the tire assemblies. There should be almost no resistance.
Caliper pins may be corroded. Clean and lube them [and the bores]. Calpers can also stick at other areas.
Rear disc brakes have an adjustment - see if that is too tight. Also the parking brake adjustment or sticky cable.

New bushings should fix the shifter buzz. What kind of a shifter is it? My B+M buzzed because of a very small up and down [.0003"] clearance of the shifter and the ball against the retaining clip. I staked the brass with a prick punch to eliminate the tiny amount of slop.

Do you have a resonator on the car? They help a lot. Don't get a cheap restrictive one.

[ZX2guy19]

I have a resonator, and it is a TWM SS.

I'll get some new bushings for it. IDK about my brakes I hope they aren't sticking. Thanks guys.

[ZX2Fast]

The rear brakes could be dragging if they aren't adjusted properly or if your ebrake cable is too tight.