Well, today things took a funny turn. Drove it to MAP's bbq, everything was good. Later at night got to Brownman's house to do some quick pulls to make sure the car is still at where I want it to be, and right before we were gunna head out, we noticed a funny sound. Sounded like it was coming from the cam gear cover.
Here's what we found.
Drove her home nice and easy, and a couple hours later had it all buttoned up. The timing belt itself needs to be changed, which will happen in a couple weeks when I redo the headgasket, and put the L19's in. But for now, T-Belt should still last a good while as is.
So needless to say, we never got to do any pulls, so that'll be something to do on the way to the track
Close call though, man am I glad we found that tonight, and not in Wisconsin.
And big thanks to Brownman for sticking around and helping me get this resolved!!