...and for the record. I had no codes pop up with all the issues I had. It was definitely drivable on flat lands with no issues and slight stutters and stepping of my RPMs as Id accelerate, but nothing that sounded broken.

What made me get the rebuild:

- Stuttering when going uphills (even slight inclines). Felt like misfires.
- RPM's would jump roughly 100-200 RPM while accelerating slow until it felt like resting at a certain speed (people refer to it as "stepping" in RPMS's???)
- RPM's would bounce up and down 200 RPM while at a cruising speed anywhere from 25mph - 65mph.
- Towards the final days before bringing it to the shop, I had a slight drone sound coming from the middle of the car. Only would hear it noticable when RPM's were low (below 3k or so)

Only way to get around the issues I mentioned above - drive the car hard or in Manual Mode.

I was so used to it, when I picked up my car I was expecting it to act the same and it never did. Thats how instilled in my head it was. Almost like it was normal...thats how long I was driving it like that. Lighter pockets, but confidence in the X again.

Oh, I have a 4.6is with 160k in case anyone is wondering. Old, but solid! Looks new...so who cares!