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Ive noticed lately when I take off in first with a not so perfect take off and the car shudders abit ( has an OS giken twin plate, solid centre) I get this unusual knocking/tick sound from the front, seems like drivers side, but been a passenger once I felt it on the passenger side too

Once the car gets rolling it will do it 1 second later, then another second later the same noise again. Always two knocks if I don't take off right and the car shudders ?

With a perfect take off, it does not make any noise.

Does not make any noise going over bumps, speed humps, pot holes etc.

I've also noticed when turning fast it knocks once as I can feel it on the floor, but this doesn't always happen only noticed it afew times

I've checked my front upper arms, has some sort of urethane (I think) red bushes for adjustable camber, those screws were loose so I greased the nipple and tightened the bolts up.

Checked sway bar links they r fine, coilovers are tight

But what I just saw was the gearbox cross member has one screw that won't tighten, so it's realy only held by 3 bolts

Is there anything else to check as I realy want to fix this, it's nothing major but I want everything to be 100%

Thanks

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