mcinnes Donating Members 393 Member For: 12y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 19/08/12 08:21 PM Share Posted 19/08/12 08:21 PM Heya guys,Been noticing something weird with my car.I took it out to a mates farm and he has this nice straight road :D so I thought I'd take it for a drive.When I floored it, I got to about 100 and the exhaust made this noise and lost most of the power. It was as if the exhaust 'farted'. Im thinking maybe there was a heap of air going through at once? But its happened a few times.Talking to a few people who own FG's and theirs do it as well. Is there a way to fix it? Or is it something that's supposed to happen?Thanks guys Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Member 573 Member For: 16y 9m 4d Gender: Male Posted 20/08/12 12:12 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 12:12 AM It's traction control I'm pretty sure mate. You can get it tuned out. Try your run again with it off. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 20/08/12 12:23 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 12:23 AM And Stability Control. They both have the ability to cut the ignition to cylinders to return traction (Traction Control) or keep the car on the correct line (Stability Control). Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djqc Member 291 Member For: 13y 6m 29d Posted 20/08/12 01:03 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 01:03 AM By turning the traction control off, does that turn off the stability control too? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 20/08/12 01:55 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 01:55 AM That's an interesting question. I would guess it does, otherwise it would intervene when people did burnouts and the steering wheel didn't point where the car was going. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa g6et Member 657 Member For: 13y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth NOR Posted 20/08/12 02:27 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 02:27 AM The exhaust farting could be the torque reduction between gears in the auto. Mines quite loud with the full exhaust.Torque tags can be removed in a tune however my tuner advised against this to help preserve the gearbox. A ZF tune will also help with sharper shifts. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambo29 Member 58 Member For: 13y 10m 24d Gender: Male Posted 20/08/12 05:00 AM Share Posted 20/08/12 05:00 AM When I got my fg I noticed it straight away, I called ford and the told me its completely normal ab I've heard many fgs do it since, I was told its excess air sucked through being shot out but I also have noticed it happens when traction control usually hits so it could stop when it's off, an I know you can get rid of it as well, not exactly certain how though.. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1281865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcinnes Donating Members 393 Member For: 12y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 20/08/12 12:41 PM Author Share Posted 20/08/12 12:41 PM Yea traction control was off. I tend to drive with it off (canberran drivers are the worst so be ready for anything).I talked to my mechanic today as I was booking it in for its 50k service. He said it was excess air being shot out during gear changes or something (wasnt quite lsitening as I just came off a 12 hour night shift).He said its normal and it should go away if I get it tuned. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1282111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djqc Member 291 Member For: 13y 6m 29d Posted 20/08/12 12:41 PM Share Posted 20/08/12 12:41 PM All in the zf tune Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1282112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLuTZ Donating Members 227 Member For: 13y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 20/08/12 11:04 PM Share Posted 20/08/12 11:04 PM I have learned that the majority of people at Ford don't even know what the hell they're talking about, so asking them would be as good as asking your grandmother. 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81533-losing-power-and-a-weird-noise/#findComment-1282208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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