I started to dig in with the limited time I had this weekend. Following Dwayne's write-up, I lowered the sway bar, got the replacement plate off and lowered the steering rack. Pics not great, taken with my phone.
At that point, I hit up Home Depot w/ some leftover xmas gift cards and fabricated Dwayne's sweet engine suspension system.
Seems sturdy enough. At that point, I gave the lower MM bolts a try, but my brute strength was no match. I'll be borrowing some air tools this weekend to finish out the MM/Pan gasket job.
So in the meantime, in an attempt to better my rough running, I swapped in a new fuel filter and o2 sensor tonight. The old sensor fought the whole way out, but I got it. New one is in and wires are run inside. The grommet is being a PITA, and with the sound proofing, it's difficult to get any leverage on the inside. After struggling with it for 20 minutes or so, I figured I'd call it a night and mess with it tomorrow.