Popping Noises From Exhaust On Down Shift.

[iseekool]

Hi all,

I took my car to great ocean road lately and i gave it a good run - lots of 2nd and 3rd gear action around the bends and hills.

I noticed when I decelerated from higher revs (in a lower gear) there were sometimes muffled crackling/popping noises from my exhaust - personally find the sound pretty cool.

My mates in the car behind say there were no puffs of smoke or flames coming from my car.

I just wanna confirm if this is normal.

R34 - NA - tiptronic - with hi-flow filter, extractors and hi-flo cat - rest of the engine and exhaust is stock.

Cheers

[LUME]

mine used to do it with normal ngk spark plugs which in fact rooted my spark plugs used to back fire as loud as a gun and pop flames jsut unburnt fuel mines pretty much stock exhassut apart from cannon and a decat hehe shhh but i bought $129 bosch umtimate spark plugs doesnt backfire ne more

[iseekool]

I'm using NGK platinums heat rating of 6 (genuine Nissan), splitfire coils packs and using BP ultimate - if that helps.

[N-DAWG]

mine used to do it with normal ngk spark plugs which in fact rooted my spark plugs used to back fire as loud as a gun and pop flames jsut unburnt fuel mines pretty much stock exhassut apart from cannon and a decat hehe shhh but i bought $129 bosch umtimate spark plugs doesnt backfire ne more

Saying shhh about the decat doesn't hide the plates in your disp pic..

[_bobo_]

yeah my car does it aswel i think it is the plugs tho, i havent had mine changed in a while..but mine is a auto and when ever i release the accelerator at certain revs it makes a lil pop..i too sorta like it.specially when i rock up to lights and down shift sometimes and my exhaust just rumbles tuff and bit of a pop =]

[SCR48]

Well normally i think means you gotta get your Coil packs looked at .. how old are yours?

[Wacky Dee]

I get this too on my R34 GTT but mostly before the engine has warmed up properly .. I don't think this is a coilpack issue, I think it has to do with the richness of the air/fuel mix .. most stockies run too rich (I know mine did) plus before the engine is warm I think it runs richer than when at operating temps hence my popping issues on downshifting.

[iseekool]

Well normally i think means you gotta get your Coil packs looked at .. how old are yours?

Everything has been recently replaced, about 3 months ago...

The car runs perfectly fine. Not a single issue. It's just this time cause i was driving spiritedly - I'm usually very tame when driving.

[central coast person]

Its the air/fuel mixture ratio. All it is, is that your either got too much air running through the engine or your to rich in fuel. I learnt this because almost all dirt bikes go through this.

Maybe clean your intake and wipe your spark plugs to see if it fixes it. It wont harm your engine if your running rich so you dont have to worry.

[G0DZLR]

check the rear quater on exhaust for blow-by mine is plentiful

[-Jimmy-]

Sounds great at most times actually to be honest My NA RB25 does it too. Not really concerned.

[LUME]

Saying shhh about the decat doesn't hide the plates in your disp pic..

SHHHHHHHHHH LOL its been fixed high flow cat ok lol

[iseekool]

check the rear quater on exhaust for blow-by mine is plentiful

No blowby "stains" on the back of the car - however i got heaps around the oil cap and PCV area... *brings out de-greaser and rag*

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Its the air/fuel mixture ratio. All it is, is that your either got too much air running through the engine or your to rich in fuel. I learnt this because almost all dirt bikes go through this.

Maybe clean your intake and wipe your spark plugs to see if it fixes it. It wont harm your engine if your running rich so you dont have to worry.

Thats about right.

Since you took it to the GOR for a good (or I should say Spirited...) run, you would have been giving it full throttle majority of times...

More fuel = Need more air to equal out the Air/Fuel mixture.

[scathing]

Its pretty normal.

All of my cars have had a little crackle on over-run if I've been giving it the beans, stock or otherwise.

[n/aTurbo]

yep mine does it too. Dont really like the sounds but its not doing any harm so i just put up with it.

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

stock exhaust mine never done it, straight 3inch all the time loving it, triptonic auto.

sometimes i down gear to soon just so the revs are higher so it really pops and rumbles. sounds pretty cool coming from a wagon

[MissR34]

Sounds great at most times actually to be honest My NA RB25 does it too. Not really concerned.

yeah my girl does it most times aswell, espcially if i take her over 4 grand when changing from say 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd i love it when she does it lol

[SHANE666]

Sounds sexayy!

[Kujotk]

its good on a cruise through the gorge around hairpins and you are hearing 15 cars one after another start making pop sounds..... love it