Woody, thats some info I keep wanting to tell you guys and I keep forgetting. Thanks for bringing it up.

Yes, its much slower than true engine speed. I'd say 2 ticks per second. It increases as the RPMs increase, but like you said its not actually an extreme amount of ticks.

I can't record the sound. I only have a laptop, and theres no way its going to pick up the audio cleanly. I can say the tick definately is metallic sounding BUT is no different than other strange exhaust metallic or belt metallic sounds that I've heard on youtube. I wouldn't at all say its DEFINATELY in the engine, or in a cat. All I can say is its not a tick with a PSS at the beginning and end, like many exhaust leaks are. its a solid tick sound. But like I said, I cannot at all say its any different than some of the strange ticks I've researched on youtube that ended up not being in the engine.

I'm definately going to look around at hoses and things because this tick became extremely bad after I installed the needswings intake, and who knows what I may have knocked loose from being too rough.