# Help~Engine Ticking BAD **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 1, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-engine-ticking-bad/245142 "2009-07-01T06:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 80
**Author:** ![Tricia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tricia/32/6426_2.png) [@Tricia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tricia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-engine-ticking-bad/245142/80 "2009-07-01T13:37:13Z")
> [@so a friend is trying to decide what car to buy .... low 13sec cars or faster](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-a-friend-is-trying-to-decide-what-car-to-buy-low-13sec-cars-or-faster/20072/23): > > :ponder VVT has nothing to do with interference. if you float a valve by over revving it( which will cause the valve spring to collapse) the valve is “floating” for a period of time and can make contact with the piston. what I meant is that its possible for the timing to have been off when I started it and then cause it to do that, I think its a rocker though, my car isnt running like krap at all, runs fine theres just the noise --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-engine-ticking-bad/245142)._