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    Just started all of a sudden 2 days ago. When driving, braking, or accelerating (without boost), everything sounds normal. As soon as I step on it enough to get some supercharger boost (doesn't matter if it is a couple or all of the "boost" bars on the DIC) I get what I can best describe as a "flutter" sound coming from the front of the car. The best way to describe it is like a plastic bag flapping quickly in the wind, but louder. My wife says that it sounds somewhat like when a person tries to imitate a cat purring with their tongue, but whatever...

    Any thoughts? Performance *seems* to be normal.

    Thanks!

    UPDATE: There are videos in this thread showing the sound, and it ended up being a large exhaust leak at the flex pipe on the downpipe/catalytic converter.
    Last edited by nickbuol; 10-12-2015 at 04:20 PM. Reason: Marked as resolved
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