Night Terror

Its always there but not a constant rythme... i do have the timing advanced to aorund 14 with 87octane... is that considered pinging?

mjr46

without hearing it, it could be either an exhaust leak or a lifter tap

Timspony

Under WOT I'm sure that 5.0 is pinging with 14 deg. timing on 87 octane! ...Could be lifter, rocker....

WhiteWindsor

Could easily be exhaust leak....good place to start is header bolts. And timspony has a point. If your running regular take it back down to 10*

Night Terror

hmmm... well i am a bit worried, my friends 98GT made the same exact noise for a bit then he spun a bearing on his crank

81ponycar

I know what your talking about cause mine just started doing that too... idk what it is tho but it doesnt sound healthy

holyshift

prolly a lifter tickin....mine does it......F it,drive it like ya stole it....youll find out...haha

projectresto83

You will be fine lol. And for the 14 deg and 87, I run it all the time and no problems. But maybe its because I have a carb idk.

Night Terror

well i found out what it was... i was literally staring at the motor running, just going over it carefully to see if somthing is tapping somthing, and i felt wire 5 and it was vibrating more then the others... so i follow it up to the cap, and it was snug on there... followed it down to the plug, and i stare at it and its literally moving around, so i twist the wire and hte whole plug turns with it...

tighten it up, no more ticking

saleenpride1986

good job findin it any not having to replace major parts!