Go check out Grooms Grotto in Corona or Costa Mesa, if you are around any of those areas. They will measure you and save all measurements in their system, then you can order anything online, anytime.
Damn that's quite a possibility. My trim tab oil was down and I filled up this trip. Haven't checked anything with steering but was getting a whine when the wheel turned too far, sounded like a belt to me.
They said detonation from bad gas. I am in touch with builder and they are committed to getting it sorted out. Have passed on a lot of the information from this thread.
Not sure, I will ask him. Already chatting he says it could be a few different things. Fuel economy seems about the same. It's definitely thirsty though and we run really easy for the most part (40-45 MPH and under 4k RPM).