c2vette

Yeah, I rode in a Nova with the rock-crusher back in '68 or '69, and you are sure right on that. The gears were practically straight cut (stronger than helical), but very loud! I also spent many hours with a torch and scraper stripping the sound deadener out of my Camaro to save weight (different priorities in those days I guess).

Nebulous1

From an HHR SS review in Winding Road's March 2008 issue, online at http://magazine.windingroad.com/wind...rch/?folio=95:

"Mated to a shorter-throw shifter (distances between gears are 30 percent shorter: 94-millimeter throws versus a non-SS model's 135 millimeters of travel) that is positioned farther forward and higher up for easier reach, it does everything well, with the only arguable shortcoming being a hint of gear whine in some but not all of the transmissions. This is a well-documented phenomenon with the F35, and while it has no bearing on performance, some find it annoying."

turbo wanabe

The 427 was a blast back then. It got about 8 mpg and it was a blast out running the local cops in there Ramblers, and gas was 25 cents a gal. I also remember scraping the undercoating from a few cars, for the sat./sun drags at the local strip.

Jay Budget

My 06 LS (35K Miles), Has A Small Noise, But As Soon As You Roll On The Throttle The Noise Goes Away. I Notice It When I Am Sitting In Stop And Go Traffic. I Do HAve Full Syn Fluid In My Trans To. I Herd It Makes The Noise Louder, But I Cant Confirm Or Deny That...

rocco11189

if its when you just start it ive heard things where it could be the turbo heating up which would make a whining sound.

HHR_SS_Rocks

its normal, my cobalt ss with LSD did the same....