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SUCCESS! It was the purge valve solenoid. Apparently the thing clicks on and off all the time. I happened to affix it to the strut crossbar quite solidly and it transmitted that knocking noise right into the body which amplified the noise. I took it and the aluminum bracket I made for it off...

Ok, so now we know what the purge valve solenoid is. Is it imperative that it is put back into the EXACT stock position? I have moved it around quite a bit. Can it be easily damaged?

Is the purge solenoid that thing on the end of three hoses that was stuck into the top of the rubber pipe coming out of the throttle body via a small metal strip? If so, I took the metal strip off, fashioned an aluminum bracket, bolted it to the bracket and zip-tied the bracket to the strut...

Its one of the those from Ebay. Seller had it listed as a Bomz.

Which end? What piece? Sorry. Can you be more specific? You are right though, it does sound like a "tick tick tick ". I do hear it at rest, but only with the brake off, in park. I can hear it a little when driving too. Nothing is hitting the master cylinder.

That was my first assumption/hope, but it didn't pan out. Not banging against anything else. Definately coming from the engine. Whats strange is that, it didn't happen immediately. I put the intake on, drove it to work, then took it off to shorten one of the pipes and drove it home. It was...

I just installed a short air-ram intake and now my engine makes a terrible knocking noise. I guess its "engine knock". I disconnected my battery to reset the computer, but it didn't help. A friend mentioned resetting the MAS, but I don't exactly know how. Any ideas on solving this noise...