My car cold is horrible! Lifter tick and a lot of wierd noises out the engine. When i try to take off in the morning it shakes.......when im in low gears it shakes when i push the gas like a studder! and yes i know how to drive stick it only does it when cold. I let it warm up. Damn its starting to **** me off its a headace. My plans are to replace the head with a 2.0 head but I dont want to do it if it wont fix it. My starter is horrible it makes an electric sound when i start it. today it didn't want to start and i poped the hood the battery was loose but it had electric smoke comming out kinda like where the starter is. My ground effects fell off. Paints pealing. Some lady braked hard in front of me and i crashed into her but its way minor damage. SOMEONE HELP with my engine problems please. I will be happy to post videos of this with sound. thanks.

 

well this could be as easy as a cracked head or more complicated... does it sound like it is ticking in the top end or bottom end?? that would help us tell you lol

 

top end of the head. I don't think the block has any noise. lets narrow this down. i hate this sound. the start up is way horrible. and why would my car shake every morning more like when the engine cold. but always around start up

 

Tick in the top,
Do you have good oil pressure.
Cam out of time and valve ticking on piston. Can also cause shake from loss of compression.
Something in head came loose. Rocker, can also cause shake, from valve not working.
The shake is possibly,
Plug not firing? Plug, Wire, Coil, Cam out of time.
Loose or worn motor mount, missing mount bolt/s

 

1) Im betting the motor problem is related to plugs and wires. Change those

2) The electrical sound is most likely the fuel pump (usually normal)

3) The ground effects are your own fault, there is a reason they dont come stock like that.

Way to be super dramatic about something minor lol

 

lol the ground effects thing was just because it makes my car look ugly!lol. im doing the 2.0 head swap(on my 4g64) so all my parts are being replaced to DOHC. Should this fix the problem?

 

No it wont. Just replace the lifters

 

Im doing the 1gen head swap it comes with lifters. Not only that ill have a 4g63 head with a 2.4L block. Wouldn't this fix my problem and at the same time kill 2 birds with one stone? there was a guy here in san diego that did the head swap with a 1g 4g63 head with a 2.4L 4g64 block and he had the fastest eclipse out here....and it was cali legal. And remember i have to stay cali legal! dammit! haha. And the electrical sound are you sure it wouldnt be the starter?