If you're adjusting your idle by tightening your throttle cable, then someone has to smack you, or you need to smack whoever told you to do it that way. Loosen that thing up, so it's just tight, not opening the throttle AT ALL. Then reset your ecu, and start it back up. Adjust the idle with the valve on the TB.
The ticking, is it more of a metal on metal sound? Sounds like it could be rod knock... Could also be exhaust noise. I know with half the swaps I've done, it ends up pushing on the exhaust just a little, and it may be bumping the heat sheilds on the frame.