Thanks, Pierrel,
I suppose I shouldn't be complaining about the cold to someone in Sweden, but I think the weather/temperature will keep me from setting any more records soon. I have started working on a warm air intake and hope to have it in service before too long. So far, I've removed the stock fender intake and replaced it with an aftermarket "cone filter". I still need to fashion a housing and tube leading over to the exhaust manifold, but just with the different filter, the intake air is slightly warmer.
(can we say "ricer look"? HAH!)
The alignment I got wasn't that much - $54 here at a tire store chain. So I don't know if all mechanical work is more expensive there, but maybe it's not as bad as you think. ?
Your hesitation on acceleration doesn't sound good. It's strange you aren't getting any codes showing up. Hope you get it straightened out soon.