You can also peruse your local semi truck dealer. I can pick up a Baldwin oil filter $5 cheaper than parts store and about $7 cheaper than truckstops. Well, at least at the Madison WI kenworth dealer.
I got a stainless steel 4" from ssdiesel. It's by no means high quality stainless, but it works. It's on the 95 one ton dump and sees a lot of snow and salt. It has surface rust. Given the abuse of salt, I guess its holding up ok.
I called the IRS a while back. At least for Illinois there was no mention of a limit on quantity, and if used as B100, no tax required (even commercial), but then, that was a few years ago.
I think if a component survives, it should be branded or given the 6.2turbo stamp of approval.
I helped with a cam swap, only it was in a 400 sbc. Heads stayed on, but with the intake off, pulling the lifters was quite easy. Had to pull the radiator and grill out. Probably less work than our...
6.2, got a quick question for you. With all then bent rods you've had, have you ever paid any attention as to which side of the engine they were usually from? I mean more from the passenger side or driver side or about the same?