Help, possibly rod knock?

[caseyk]

Im looking into trading my 96 civic slow single cam for a 1g tsi awd with plenty of mods.

Heres the deal though, it developed some sort of knock recently. Its been parked ever since he first heard it knock.
it doesnt knock at idle, sounds perfect. He said it only seems to develop this knock after about 3krpm.

Ive had a 2g do this to me before. It happened to be the balance shafts. I eleminated it and noise went away.

He told me if I liked it I could pull the oil pan off and check whats going on.
Id like to pick it up if it is just balance shafts. The car is VERY clean exterior and interior.

modlist of the car:
The car is currently tuned on 25psi running on e85

110k on shell. Less than 25k on motor and trans
ACL race main and rod bearings
All arp hardware
Mls Headgasket
20g turbo
PTE 1200cc Injectors
ETS Street FMIC with short route piping
Spec stage 3 clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
Ecmlink v3 Full
Forced Performance Stainless o2 housing
GM maf w/ecmlink gm maf cable
Forced Performance 255lph pump
AEM wideband and autometer 30/30 boost gauge
Hallman MBC
Shaved and powder coated valve cover
2G Dual Piston Brake Calipers
Kyb Gr2 struts
Fidanza Flywheel
3" Straight pipe exhaust
All new axles, new slave cylinder, new brakes and rotors, lots of new parts
New bfgoodrich geforce tires
18 inch wheels

 

[jd21]

it has 2 flywheels jk, go take a like at it and see what it sounds like maybe pull the pan. Are you doing a straight up trade

 

[caseyk]

Straight up trade. My dd 96 civic ex, d15b swap, chipped Ecu and eBay exhaust haha.

 

[96' Eclipse GS]

Receipts & Photos on build & parts! Sounds like a guy, I would go take a look at what we got. Drive it, Listen, and as mention above, pull the pan. You will be able to tell, if you drop the pan and play with the bottom end. Trade for a Honda to DSM, any day!

 

[954g63gst]

even if it knocks spend the time and 2000 for a basicbottom end and its faster then a civic any day

 

[93_tsi_fwd]

Sounds like a timing belt tensioner bearing to me. :dunno: My rod knock stayed knocking even on idle but pull the pan and double check everything. Check the oil for metal shavings. Either way, sounds like a good trade

 

[caseyk]

Hondas are great for gas. That's all my civic is for, great mpg. I do still have a 2g But I don't daily it.
I figured it would be a good pick up. And if I can fix it cheap I'll have the better car.

Heres some pictures of the car.
Blury but gets the job done.

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[caseyk]

Very late update. I found out the real story of the car. I got ahold of one of the owners friends and he told me everything. The guy ran it out of oil and it seized up. He said they put oil in the cylinders and let it sit for a while. After they let it sit for a while they all pushed the car and tried to jump start it and
Broke it free again.

 

[93_tsi_fwd]

Did you get the car then found out about the situation?

 

[andrew k]

the car siezed at 25k for a reason. its probably not tuned right. always look for the underlying problem

 

[caseyk]

No, I actually met up with a guy to buy a Ecu and that guy just happened to be his best friend. He told
Me everything about it. After he told me everything he told me to still go check it out cause its still a nice car. Wasn't worth trading for in my opinion after I heard that story.

At the moment I got offered a 2ga gst with a 6 bolt swap. Has a few mods like 14b turbo, fmic, apexi downpipe, and apexi n1 catback.