commonmanthemes
Registered User
I just had my original and rebuilt/sported transmission put in my 5-speed 35th today. Simply awesome. A Spec clutch and a Ripper can do a lot for the M5R2, especially with reinforcement from poly-cross bushings and a solid rubber mount. Anyway, I drove the car for about 160 miles (2 1/2 hours) and at the end of the trip I was getting a winding noise from under the hood. It was pretty loud, so I had it checked out really quick at a local shop. They did some listening and found it was coming off of the supercharger in general. I had kind of figured it was a bad supercharger bearing or idler pulley. Then, on my way home I stopped at a gas station and filled up. When I started the car to leave, it would not even crank. I had a guy at the shop there check it out really quickly and sure enough, it started right up. He figures it might be a bad safety switch on my clutch. So, I take the car home and park it for a couple hours, planning to wait to get to a Ford dealer in the morning. But, a couple hours later, I am forced to drive the car across town. To my surprise, when I start the car, the noise is gone and has not come back since. Any ideas on what is up with my car? I am pretty sure the noise and supposed clutch issue as separated, unless there is an electrical issue of sorts. Just trying to get the facts out there.