Weird noise when speeding

Black330 · Sep 24, 2003

Everytime I floor it, when the RPM reaches the Red line and it's ready to change gears, I hear a kind of spinning sound coming out from the front left side of my 330i. Is this normal?

hosagod · Sep 24, 2003

Well not to be negative but...it seems like you're treating your car badly, floor it to red line?? It's ok once in a while at a stop light but on and on doing that can damage your engine. I would have it checked out and no more flooring! lol

Black330 · Sep 25, 2003

LOL. I guess you're right. I do floor it alot

Wadula · Sep 25, 2003

aaaahhhh...the old issue. but it was already well said, once in a while is okay. as for the noise, i have no real clue. at first i thought you hear the limiter jumping in, but then you said it was in that specific corner...no idea buddy, sorrry.

MrElussive · Sep 25, 2003

I take my car to redline every day. It's perfectly fine as long as you don't hold the gear at redline...if your engine is just sitting at redline for like 10 seconds, then that's bad. But taking it to redline is perfectly fine....it's more stress, but nothing that would cause problems.
As for your original question, I'm thinking it may just be some parts moving while changing gears. When you go to redline the engine and the gear are turning very very fast....it could be the gear still turning after the transmission drops that gear???

Big Daddy · Sep 25, 2003

Black330 said:

Could it be a siren, jk! I have no idea on the sound, but agree that constant redlines are not good. I run my M roadster to near redline every time I drive her, but not so as to kick in the limiter.

MrElussive · Sep 25, 2003

M cars were made for that stuff.

mikev · Sep 26, 2003

hosagod said:

i went on a rant about this same sort of comment a week or so back. let me re-itterate, most people on this board talk about the "ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE" then comments like that appear. How the HELL can you have a car like that and not DRIVE it. if your not bringing it up to the redline on a regular basis you don't deserve the car. maybe a 7-series is more your style or perhaps a nice old mans jaguar. after all your not racing but cruising. [mad]

330i and like it · Sep 27, 2003

Hay speed racer. From your graphic a 325i is not really a car to class are a race car to drive hard. I have a 330i and I don't class this car as a true sports car. An M3 maybe, a Z3/Z4 3.0i or M yes.

MrElussive · Sep 27, 2003

Yeah, I agree with you 330i, the BMW 3-series are sport/luxury sedans and sport/luxury coupes. The M3 is a true sports car...but the thing about the 3-series is that those I6 engines are smooth as butter all the way redline so why not whip them hard when the timing calls for it?

mscoins · Sep 27, 2003

I don't... [thumb]

Oh yes I do... [:)]

hosagod · Sep 28, 2003

Um Mikev, I bought my car because I liked it...not to "race" with it. I don't consider a car with 225 hp a race car anyway. Infact, a 330ci is a SPORTS coupe, not a race car coupe. And the ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE is a motto for sales purposes, don't take it to heart because the car is, in the end, a machine built by humans and it has its limits.

Btw, I woulnd't mind a 7-series in the future either.

frolf · Sep 28, 2003

Re: Re: Weird noise when speeding

Big Daddy said:

hahaha, i was thinking the same thing.

but yeah, i call it excersizing my car. and i do it regularly, so my car stays in shape.

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