all of your suggestions are very possible....
im gonna put the car up on jk stands in a few
minutes to see whats cookin under there... one more
bit of info... last night, after a cold start, i heard what
sounded like my heat shield rattling...it was a constant
noise for the first 30 seconds the car was running..then
went away and i could only get the sound to come back
by tapping the gas pedal...
so this could be it..... but ill be checkin everything else
that was mention in this thread...
thx for your time and help!
much appreciated