Let me know what you come up with numbers wise when you get APP=TP. I will plug that in and see how the car reacts.
The ticking ended up being an exhaust leak. The stupid EGR extension on the header cracked about 50% around. I took it to get welded today but they can't do it on the car. So I have to take that PITA header off the driver side. I am releived it is some thing simple. I had all these horrible senarios running in my head last night.