Ok, now that im a little more lucid, ima try to save you some money.
Your passenger side donut gasket is MIA. No amount of tape, cement, or quickie repair crap will fix it.
When your engine is under load, it moves in its mounts - it's supposed to. The flexing in the exhaust system is partially mitigated by the ball and socket connections at the manifolds.
Your drivers side manifold (usually the one that cracks and breaks) still has its gasket:
Passenger side does not:
The only way to fix it, the ticking, and guessing poor performance is to toss a new donut and bolts in it. A reasonable shop will charge around 100 to do it. Otherwise, its around $15 in materials to diy.
Trust me, I tried the same thing. You'll get 10-20 miles out of a tape repair.
Edit:
@rusty ol ranger, I think it has donuts. Does it? Been too long since I messed with a factory setup.