Ok got a new noise that developed after thrashing the car at the auto-x. It is a slight ping noise like tapping a hammer on something metalic. It only happens when I am in gear and go on it suddenly or let off quickly all the way...so say I was cruising at 3000 rpm and then go completely off throttle I get the noise. Same if I was off throttle then go on it hard. Any ideas? It sounds like when I lost a u-joint in my old mustang, but it is coming from the front end somewhere and I can't seem to get it to happen while stopped...even tried lifting the e-brake and giving it some gas and getting it to push forward against the brake. Ok after hour of searching I finally came across one thread that decribed this issue the exact same way...turned out to be some kind of bolt loose on one of the axels...not sure which bolt, where it might be or anything else, but gonna run down to some place with a lift (maybe sog) and try to get it checked out. Turns out it was not the axle nut at all but the IC hitting the splitter.