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my understanding (and i'm sure David will correct me on the detail) is that KTRsport is a branch of the company, but promoting a more serious performance bias, without changing the focus of the original company
I normally use studding and nuts for mounting on stands. It's not high tensile so not quite so strong, but it doesn't need to be, and you can cut it to whatever length you need
it's a rubber gasket that sits in a groove. No liquid gasket needed, and you can remove the sump with the subframe on if you lift the engine high enough :)
Mine used to have a valver manifold, fitted a williams one not long ago and the torque and peak power has gone to s**t :(. last time i listen to williams bummers.
Admittedly it's not seen a dyno for re-mapping since changing the entire exhaust system. I REALLY need to finish making the 172...
a perfect curve on WOT would be 13.6 below 4.5/5k and 12.9 from there on.
you can almost disregard fueling below 3k on a power run as it's taken up the tailpipe
a 225 is different as it's turbo'd
even as a repaired write off, it'll be worth more than you've paid out already, the body damage looks mostly cosmetic, i'd fix that all day long, especially being a black one