Spent more time trying to understand the exact location of the noise and how to replicate it. I can only get it to appear when in drive but boy does that noise get loud when accelerating now. Can't get a solid lock exactly where sadly.
Doing some more digging, it also matches another symptom...
Ran into a strange noise. When I'm at lower speeds in drive(or maybe I can't hear it at higher speeds) this randomly timed tick happens. When I accelerate, the noise speeds up. Unless the drivetrain is playing tricks on me it sounds very close to the engine bay.
It's a 2023 XLT 5.0 and after...