Stevens91gt

when im in park, there is maybe a faint tick
but when i put it in drive it becomes a lot louder
when i accelerate it becomes even louder
its near the headers on the passenger side
against the firewall and w/ in 4-5 inches of it
there is a tube that goes from the air pump
that branches off and goes right by there
and that shakes pretty bad so idk if thats the noise

at first my dad said to tighten the headers so i did
..no results, could it be a cracked gasket?

i started off using 87 then switched to 89 or 91(gas)
and i switched to 87 and had no problem but
all of a sudden i got this noise..its frustrating

anyone have any suggestions or diagnosis for it?

any help is appreciated, im taking it to my dad's this weekend

and i just filled up w/ 89 to see if that could be the problem

primetime5.0

is the spark plug wire arcing to the header? to much timing?

Stevens91gt

well i havent adjusted the timing in a loongg time
it jus started up all of a sudden

the wires are fine as far as i can see

Stevens91gt

could this be loose bolts from the headers to the h-pipe?

primetime5.0

yeah that'll make a ticking noise

Stevens91gt

ugh..this noise is killing me
and i cant do anything at my house..
i have to wait til saturday to drive an hour
to get to my dads..
hmm..would it be bad to drive up a curb
so i can go under the car? lol

primetime5.0

do what you gotta do, no jack or jack stands?

Stevens91gt

jus the scissor jack that came w/ the car
but i dont have any jack stands here
im at my moms house..no tools..nada
well except my inferior set of tools

i think ima drive up the curb tomorrow
so i can tighten the bolts up and see

primetime5.0

yeah dont trust the scissor jack

Stevens91gt

heh i know
i guess i'll wait til tomorrow