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High Speed Engine Whine

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I have seen reports that mention high speed engine whine in the 2002 Tbird.
I take that as a good sign. The engine uses a timing chain and I hope they do not use plastic covered gears to reduce noise.

My son had a Dodge charger that had the plastic timing gear fail and that made the chain slip a couple of nothes. We replaced the gear with a solid steel one. Whine is better then plastic that fails later.

Does anyone know for sure that the timing gears are not covered with plastic or teflon?

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I recalled reading something about timing gears in the Thunderbird's online eSourcebook. When I went back to check, I discovered that Ford - in its neverending quest to protect itself from the consumer - has made the site members only. All that remains is a yellow bird staring blankly out from the screen.
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protect itself from the consumer - has made the site members only. All that remains is a yellow bird staring blankly out from the screen.
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You can get a sourcebook to look at from your local dealer, they are laying around everywhere in offices. They are a big binder.

I have the basic sheets from the source book, and that is it http://www.fordthunderbirdforum.com/thunderbird.pdf
 
Speaking of exhaust sound -- my car has 10,000 miles on it now, and the exhaust soulds terrific. It's quiet until you stand on it -- then it has such a sweet growl to it. I wouldn't think of changing it out for borland or anything other than stock.
 
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Speaking of exhaust sound -- my car has 10,000 miles on it now, and the exhaust soulds terrific. It's quiet until you stand on it -- then it has such a sweet growl to it. I wouldn't think of changing it out for borland or anything other than stock.
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David,
Did your exhaust get the "growl" after X miles? I only have 2500 miles on mine and my one complaint is that the exhaust is too quiet. It is as quiet as my wife's Lexus. I would have had a pair of Magnaflow (love the polished stainless) put on last week, but the speed shop is backed up 2 weeks. I would keep the orignal ones just incase it got too noisey, but frankly that isn't a big issue for me.

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I started noticing the exhaust a few thousand miles ago and it seems to be getting incrementally louder. It's NOT a borland or thrush muffler sound, it's just a nice note in my opinion. I only hear it when I push the throttle, otherwise it's quiet and that's just fine with me. I jsut don't wnt to hear it constantly, I like the quiet times too.
 
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