Thanks for the reply. I used the GAS tool to time mine. The tool is pretty much idiot proof as long as you do not force anything. The only thing I can think of is you might be able to have the timing wheel holder flipped over to wrong engine bank setting. Maybe that is what happened when I did it.

Either way I plan on pulling the valve cover and I should be able to double check the cam timing with the blocks. To do the wheel I will need to pull the upper chain cover as well.

Your tick to me does sound more like a slap then a tick to me. But I agree it is slow like cam speed, not crank speed. Mine is a very sharp tick. Seriously it sounds like a clock. I will try and get a video of mine. Either way, valve cover off to what's going on and I can check the lifters while I am in there.

Thanks for the help
Steve