ticking/knocking noise

[bobtodd]

Well, I woke up bright and early this morning to drive my car out to my parents house and work on it. I had just put brand new 30lb injectors in last night so I thought I'd get on it to see if I could tell a difference. Well, the road my parents live on is out in the country with a nice straight away. I turn onto the road and mash the throttle up to the top of fourth flying by the house. I turn around a ways down the road and hit it hard again. Spinning through first, shift into second, and then I hear a knocking/tapping noise...doh!! I let off immediately. Look at my oil pressure and it is normal. Well, after stopping briefly at my parents, I head home. I checked under the hood first...checked my oil. Everything looked fine. The car runs pretty normal when you arent getting on it. It seems to chug a little when I am starting out in 1st until I get up in the rpms...kind of like when you have a spark plug wire unhooked. Everything sounds normal until you try to get on it. Then it will start tapping. The oil pressure stays normal. It sounds like it is coming from the valve covers. I'm hoping thats where its coming from and not something internally. Got any ideas? I'm thinking its time to pull the valve covers and look around. I'm not even sure what to look for. I'm still a virgin when it comes to this stuff.