Ford Crown VictoriaThough they were what most people drove in the 1950s and 1960s, full-size cars like the Ford Crown Victoria are now an anomaly. But Ford's biggest sedan still offers significant virtues, including affordable V8 performance and room for six people. Today, the Crown Victoria's passenger and cargo volumes compare favorably against fashionable SUVs.
My main concern is that it does not like to shift. If I am at a stop light and begin to drive, it stays solid 25mph; unless I either floor it from the get go (pumping motion) or press-and-release to get the gears to change so I can go 45 mph... A lot of other drivers do not like sitting behind me, and everyone passes me while I try to get to cruise speed. This started the same time a clicking noise happened..
There is a possibility that they may not be related... I cannot visibly see anything, and have heard two suggestions from car-handy people (not professionals however) 1) "lifters" are causing it or 2) there is a hole somewhere causing an exhaust leak which can have a rhythmic sound that increases as I accelerate.
I'm looking to repair this myself, and I have the manual for the car... just not sure where to start. (Transmission or Drive shaft issue? etc. / et. al.)
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88 LTD; Clicking noise. 
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