[LancePearson]

My 1991 just has some gear train noise that sounds almost like a whooshing sound up behind the radio when driving. With the relatively square cut gears and the cavity just above the tranny getting some sound into the hollow behind and below the radio it just gets transmitted a little. I can put microfiber folded cloths up on the center console and up the dash slightly and cut it to 1/3 of the noise but I changed fluid when I got it, made sure it shifted smoothly with good synchro, etc. and have now decided I like the sound. I even when I redid the radio put some interior insulation in on the plastic dash support pieces. Sound still there. I think it's pretty endemic in them with these transmissions as far as I can tell. No fluid leaks, no shift issues, clutch works well, all gears go up and down smoothly and car runs like a scalded dog so I quit worrying about it. I drive it with the targa top in the back and off anyway so when I get going a bit you don't hear much anyway...there's a fair amount of wind noise when you slip into three digits pushing it up the on ramp...