Well I did a compression test and got between 130-150(if I did it right it was hard to hear each revolution lol). All the cylinders got the same amount of compression though. So it sounds to me that I might be a tooth or so off in my timing :/...and possibly need to tighten my timing belt a bit, sounds like that's what is making some of the noise. Thing is I don't know just how "tight" I need it, I thought I had that sucker pretty tight before. Could also be the reason for the "valveyness" is the timing being off, but i'm not 100% sure if that would cause it.