Whipple Rattle
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fjpikul
GT Owner
HeritageBruce
GT Owner
Check out my post back in '08 with video, it turned out to be the SC belt. Does your sound like mine?
http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9836&highlight=whipple+noise
http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9836&highlight=whipple+noise
Also, could be a loose pulley. We recently had this problem with a whipple. The whipple pulley is held on by three or four Allen screws. Unfortunatly the whipple has the be removed to fix this problem.
MAD IN NC
Proud Owner/ BOD blah bla
Not True!
I changed pulleys without removing the SC.... Need a right angle allen set and it can be done. Take your time and for God's sakes don't drop the screw! You can find replacements but it will take a trip to Ace Hdwr and Lowes at least!
Don't forget the Loctite!
Thanks for the feedback guys, I really appreciate it. It's definitely not a chirping noise like Heritage Bruce's, but a rattle as if it's starved for oil - I guess I should have made a video and sound byte, but I'm an idiot.
Whipple has opened up a work Case on it, so hopefully, we'll figure it out & I'll be back on the road soon. :cheers
Whipple has opened up a work Case on it, so hopefully, we'll figure it out & I'll be back on the road soon. :cheers
Ok, I will re-phrase. In my opinion, the supercharger SHOULD be removed to do this correctly so that you get the right amount of torque, lock-tight, etc so that you dont have this problem again, IF this is the problem. Our charger sounded the same as you say. It sounded as if the inside was grinding, etc. Oil level in the charger was correct. So, we removed the charger and found that the pulley was loose. We removed the allen screws, Added lock-tight, re-torqued them and have never had the problem again. Now, as MAD said, I guess it IS possible to do it without removing the charger and everything may go great, but in my opinion, it is not that much work removing the charger and the project will get done more accuratly this way. Hope you solve your problem. :thumbsup
fjpikul
GT Owner
Don't forget, MAD is a dopey engineer. The kind of guy that designs this bullcrap that is impossible to work on.
MAD IN NC
Proud Owner/ BOD blah bla
Yes, that is true. After I saw it took you and 5 family members to change a lightbulb - we learned that we had to institute in general a "Darwin" protection mechanism on any device with a moving part design :thumbsup
see ya Doc.....
BlackICE
GT Owner
I will admit, Mads spelling is probably a little better than mine. I knew the way I was spelling loctite did not look correct.
Update
What can I say....
The guys at Whipple (Brian & Mike) really stepped up to the plate. After a one week turn around for a very fast & relatively cheap rebuild, my 1st Gen Whipple is going back on the car tonight.
These guys went out of their way to expedite my case and I literally had a fresh supercharger coming back to me in less than a day.
Thanks Whipple! :cheers Now I can race against Dr. Frank mid-June at Road America. :willy
What can I say....
The guys at Whipple (Brian & Mike) really stepped up to the plate. After a one week turn around for a very fast & relatively cheap rebuild, my 1st Gen Whipple is going back on the car tonight.
These guys went out of their way to expedite my case and I literally had a fresh supercharger coming back to me in less than a day.
Thanks Whipple! :cheers Now I can race against Dr. Frank mid-June at Road America. :willy
fjpikul
GT Owner
