Moparfest 2013

Chris...sometimes a header gasket leak can make a "ticking" sound...often mistaken for lifters and such.

Just a thought...
yeah I've been chasing it for a couple of days the header gasket was the first thing I snugged up and I know the collector gasket is due for a refresh on the passenger side but this one is a little more solid sounding than that , I'll chase it some more when the car gets back to Victoria in a couple of weeks , I'm really more focused right now on why it pushed the gasket where it did in the first place , if you look at the pics it pushed it outward on the top side of 5 and was sucking a small spray of water into that cylinder but there isn't a water passage there -oh well I'll talk to Brian about it when I get home and we'll see where he is at with Customer service after the sale eh lol , I was already looking to send the OE 318 to him for a rework maybe I'll put 2 motors on the truck going south .

also a leaky intake will tick but I'm not using/sucking any water or oil so I doubt it's the problem .