Ticking and grinding

[Eric-Blk2004]

Alright so Saturday I am crusing in the rauder on route 1 in Norwood going about 45mph. I move to pass a car bring it up to 50 55 nothing crazy. I have the window down and I am against the median/divide I hear this strange sound like a helipcopter. I turn the music down and its quite, I resume accelerating and the chopper is back.

I pull of to the side of the road immediately and look unde the car. My first reaction was a popped header hasket or something related to the exhaust. Nothing.

I pop the hood and ask my girl to give it a gentle rev, bam the noise is there inside. So I am looking at the headers and dont see anything crazy, as the noise continues it appears to be coming from the Driver Side front section of the head! Awesome I assume lifters or a blown guide plate.

Well I come to find out we do not have lifters and that more then likely the chain slipped off. This is what DEZ racing said over the phone, the car is there now and in good hands.

Anyone experienced chain slipping off I assume the cam gear? Is it like a bike? Does it, you know pop back on free of charge? Or am I looking at a major issue here...

Happy birthday to me!

[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

And you still have that car? Yikes!

[Eric-Blk2004]

Yeah what can you do? I started taking the T to work so I do have to pay gas.

So no one has heard anything about this? I was reading about a "silent recall" on Cobra's in regards to the heads being produced by two different vendors and one - the left - having a higher then normal fail rate. The symptoms seem similar to what I was hearing and the fix from Ford was new heads to be installed.

Now I do not have a warranty on the car so that is probably worst case scenario, I am hoping the chain can be replaced without too much issue. The car only has 45k miles on it - talk about buzzards luck!

On a plus side I found a guy on craigslist selling Cobra heads for 450 - 32v 4.6l off a 96 cobra. Any ideas if this will bolt right up, I think they will but thought I would ask.

If no response I will go with DEZ since he knows everything.

Thanks..

[B.C. Bake]

Not to sure on this one.......:dunno:...but wouldn't the engine be missing or something if the timing chain slipped? Sorry for the no help :confused:

[Black_Noise]

you only noticed the sound, no performance issues?

I think if the chain could slip a tooth you would know it, and not it a good way.

I have heard of breaking teeth on the cam gears... maybe that is more like what you in for.

Good Luck either way.

[Blackened300a]

If that chain popped off you would have serious noises other then just clicking.

[Eric-Blk2004]

Thanks guys - DEZ called he is 90% sure its a gasket in the manifold area or the manifold itself.

Dodge a bullet it seems....so far at least