first thing i thought of was low torque converter fluid and it's slipping just a lil bit. If your noise increased with engine speed I would suggest the timing chain. I say this simply b/c at one time my Grand Am sounded like a diesel very badly, what happened was the tensioner for the timing chain had gone down(it was hydraulic) and it was allowing the chain to get some free play, thus smacking against the timing cover.
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