I am on the road to visit some friends up here in Holland, Michigan. As we arrive into Holland, I start hearing this knocking/ticking sound extremely bad. Its gotta be something internal, because the rate of knocking/ticking changes with the idle and rpms when driven. This sound is haneous, it makes me not even want to start the car or drive it anywhere. Plus I live in northern indiana about 2 hours from here. So it looks like I am stuck up here unless I can figure out whats wrong n get it fixed in time. I was wondering if anyone from the holland/grand rapids area would be willing to meet up n help me diagnose this problem and perhaps help fix. I am in a serious jam here, with a broke 2gnt. I have to be back by monday morning for work or im screwed. its now saturday afternoon with no progress. please help.


96 Talon ESi Mods
GST Muffler
injen short ram intake
magnecore 8.5mm wires
EGR removal/blockoff
front/rear strut tower bars
GSX dual piston calipers

Well I can't help but my car made a noise very similar to what you discribed and it was a rod bearing... sorry for you.

Evo 8 - 12.3@113 circa 2009 (~330whp)
Now with BB Xona Rotor HTZ FP Red and ~450whp
2018 MSM Civic SI Ktuner TSP stage 1 w/ Honda hacked headunit.

Well my car is n Holland still sittin in my friends driveway. I am getting a trailor and hauling it back this week. I took it to a mechanic to see what he could tell me and he said it was a rod. My pops n I think its either a rod bearing or a main bearing. Now my question is, I now have rebuilding options to take choice of. Can I just replace the bearing if need be? I would much rather rebuild the bottom end though. I will also be doing most of the work so this is going to be a great experience and a chance to gain some more knowledge on the 2GNT. All help, ideas and comments are appreciated.


96 Talon ESi Mods
GST Muffler
injen short ram intake
magnecore 8.5mm wires
EGR removal/blockoff
front/rear strut tower bars
GSX dual piston calipers