Engine apart -valves- '02 Mustang

[MustangAndy]

2002 Ford Mustang
3.8L V6 (yes that's a 6 - SIX)
4 speed automatic trans
just shy of 60,000 miles

Major mods:
BBK shorty headers
Pypes catted X-pipe
GT take-off duals
Ebay CAI with Green Performance air filter

My dad bought an anodizing kit, and I plan on doing a few parts under the hood for a little more pizazz at shows.

Now for quite awhile I've had a bad valve tap. You can hear it the worst under acceleration. It has a squeaky under tone to it. I figured that since I will have the upper and lower intakes, valve covers, alternator with brackets, and a few other things off/out is there something I can look for to fix this issue? It's been driving me crazy because it makes my car sound like it's a POS. I started to notice it around the time I did my exhaust.

Driving to the exhaust shop at 7:30am on a Saturday morning running open headers is always fun

-Andy
D.J.O.R. Netzhauptmann

 

[Dan Whitaker]

Just throwing this out there. Since you have the split port intake which means you have a DIS I would check the camshaft position sensor/sync gear assembly. It will make a ticking sound which sounds like a bad lifter or loose rocker arm. This would explain the squeaky undertone.

Watch the video in the first post of this thread.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161590