| then can be tricky. Your best bet is to put in the time and use Search for "tick" or "knock" or "lifters" or "VTC springs" or "bearings . . ." for starters. I always say every bad sound coming for the engine deserves a pull of the timing belt cover. Considerations include whether or not the sound gets worse under load, decel, cold start, how the engine is otherwise running, effect of oil addivitives, whether you think the noise is coming from the top (valve train) or bottom (bearings) . . . If you're saying the sound is loudest @ 2500 and then fades out under power hopefully your "just" dealing with a bad lifter.
"Straight-line acceleration is probably the first aspect of automotive performance that any intelligent driver gets bored with." Peter Gregg
"We owe a lot to the dragsters. They always break something, figure out a way to beef up the part and the benefit trickles down." Robo
"Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted." Einstein
"And now my friend, the first-a rule of Italian driving, [Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it out of the car] what's-a behind me is not important." Raul Julia, playing Franco Bertollini while driving a Ferrari Daytona in the movie Gumball Rally
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