Hey, I ama new guy here as I am sure you can all easily tell. I do not own an SRT-4 as of present but I am waiting for tax return season to pt the down payment on a 05 Silver SRT-4 at a dealership here. I am not too stressed about someone snatching it up because the dealer has had it for over a year, plus it is my #2 choice in color. However due to it's age at the dealership I feel the deal I will be making would more than make up for that fact. Anyway, on to the point. I have never owned a turbocharged car but I have been wanting an SRT for about a year now. I have driven a couple and never really had any problems. However, once in awhile when I would there would be a funny noise at shift (A fluttering kind of noise). One person told me it was "The pigeon going off" I assume it has something to do with the boot? What exactly causes this, how bad is it, and most of all: How do I prevent from doing it in my SRT-4?

Thanks for all the help.

 

Someone can correct me if i'm wrong but I believe its the blades inside the turbo and its completely normal. I had this right after I put my intake and thought something was wrong but i was told it was normal you can just here it alot more after an intake. If i'm worng sorry for the bad info.

gunner

 

Are you talking about the surge of air you hear comming from the factory blow off / by pass valve?

 

this is what's know as turbo flutter. it's normal and your car will do it too.

 

I personally think it sounds cool lol

 

thanks psi... after the first two posts i had my dictionary open looking for WTF...

your car will make a lot of noises a N/A car will not so dont worry unless it sounds like a metal bat on a light pole.

 

If you hear a "pop" sound, and your engine loses about half it's power, you've blown a air temp sensor and they don't recommend you drive around without it. It's a free fix under the warranty, my dealer gave me no hassle about my mods, either.......

Dusty

 

Its the factory "horse laugh" and it DOES say that in the SRT service manual....just a little pressure release is all. It does no harm whatsoever.

 

horse laugh...interesting i've never heard it refered to that before. we always call it the turkey gobble.

 

Are you guys talking about that wierd wistle noise on decelleration?