Selling my lightly used OEM Mitsu 2g heavy weighted leather shift knob (LINK). Mitsu part number: MR263906$100 shipped within the Continental US!

If you can't match them, you can't use them. Check the sides for any markings that might indicate which cap goes with which rod.

Did you port the stock housing by any chance? The flanges that most people build exhaust manifolds with (CNC machined) do not usually match the flange on the stock housing (cast).Example.. Turbo gasket lined up on manifold flange:Turbo gasket lined up on stock housing (unported):

Then you should think through the firing order of a 4-cylinder engine. 1-3-4-2. You are pairing 1-4 and 2-3, so the outlet of each side of the divided manifold will see an exhaust pulse every 360* of crank rotation. This is true regardless which side of the turbine they are directed towards...

If your engine is healthy and the cylinders have relatively equal compression, it would be the same in either configuration. The turbine would not know the difference.

Don't run it. You need to find out what's locking it up and keeping it from spinning. Did it spin freely before you bolted the front cover onto the block? Try spinning it as you're torquing the front cover down and if you feel that resistance starts to build, you can narrow down your search and...

I would like to see a FRAM tough guard filter cut open. I bet the difference between that and their cheap orange cardboard one is pretty big.

Absolutely. Any time you "open" any hydraulic lines, you need to bleed the system.

I can't open the link, but I'm assuming you're looking for the mustache bar/rear subframe poly bushings? If so, there's a member named boostx that was one of the few responsible for designing them and may have some available if you PM him.

You also need an aftermarket gauge instead of using the stock one to know exactly where your oil pressure is at.

No, there is no gasket where the actual gears are held.

One thing would be to bleed the lifters if you haven't done so.

Oil viscosity is, along with engine break-in, one of the most debated and sensitive topics. I'm quoting this:because I believe its the one thing to take out of all the back-and-forth bickering. If you run 10w30 and it works for your engine, great, but don't preach it to everyone as the oil...

Do you have any pictures of the completed struts?

You were right, only one clip per pad.