I had the air cleaner assembly off the first time I ran the motor last Thursday and it was pretty bad then. Oh, and I'm also sure nothing got sucked in. The car has been sitting for about 12 years. I have 2 other threads here somewhere about the noise. Thing is that it's so loud, it's kind of hard to pinpoint just where it's coming from. I've thought about taking off all the belts for the water pump, A/C, etc and see if that isolates it although I've never heard of anything like a water pump make noise like this. I really wish I could describe it better or even have a sound file available.

It Runs! Well, sort of...
Injector timing adjustment...