@IanC - I'm sure you had plenty of throttle left, lol. Glad your trip was safe and successful. I'm sure your parents were happy to see you.

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 They were, it had been a while! My mother spoiled me a little with her cooking while I was there

Car did start making a weird noise once in a while after I got back. I'm suspecting the crankshaft pulley might be slightly touching the timing belt cover. It has happened before when I was mounting it. Either that or the alternator belt might be slipping a bit. Noise goes away when I accelerate a bit, whatever is slipping/touching probably stops once it gets fast enough

I'll have to investigate :|