today, i went and had my girlfriend's uncle (he's a Ford genius) check out my truck. We found that my timing was exactly ONE tooth off. so after that, i went home, pulled off the front of the engine, and stated adjusting on timing belt. Everytime we thought we had, it, id crank it for a second, and then check it, it would be one tooth off still. so after about 15 tries (not exaggeating, thats alot of unloosing and tightening of a tensioner pully) i said lets offset the camshft pully by one tooth, and when i released the tensioner, the marks lined up! Now the truck runs pretty good. got my power back! but havent drove it enough to figure out if its fixed that starting problem i told ya'll about. i think it has though. thanks for the help!!!!!