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they're very fast. driven a lot of saabs and they're great. Viggen is VERY fast but the handling doesn't quite match up to the rest, though it's easily sorted.
I'd have one over a subaru any day TBH
if it's apart, i'd take it to an engine repairer/reconditioner. The engineers i use have bike parts in all the time with broken studs for extraction, they do so many that it's false economy to not use them for their experience. IMO you're more likely to cause damage and extra cost, bike engine...
sniff is to test for hydrocarbons getting into coolant, Leakdown test will tell you if there's a breach from the cylinder into coolant or oil. Coolant into oil is very hard, it's not at all unusual for condensation to get into the breather system on many different engines. best proof would be to...
yes. depends what boost you're running, and how cold you're going though ;) dont go colder than you need, you may coke the plugs up during gentle driving. It will clear if you do, but you'll get a bit of a hesitation until it cleans itself up.
http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk/pages/technical/NGK-spark-plug-code.htm
guide to understanding sparkplugs.
use the ones i've stated TBH, i've used them in a wide variety of cars. They're cheap and they work perfectly every time