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Well, I'm also an idiot. Turns out I'd disconnected a vacuum hose off the intake manifold on accident. After driving a bit longer I got a CEL code for random cylinder misfire, which was a big cue to take a closer look. Reconnected it and the rough idle was virtually gone, what little was left...

My last three tanks have been at 35.15 miles per gallon average. Almost all highway, I have a nice 40 mile commute to work at straight 55 mph. I think I could get near 40 mpg if I wasn't so lead footed on the few occasions I'm off the freeway.

Thanks for the tip, already seems to be running smoother.

I believe he was just using bondo to turn the existing nose into a mold to cast a fiberglass or carbon fiber one without all the holes and fog light mounts.

Hey guys, so I was replacing my rear motor mount the other day and while I had the intake hose and battery out of the way I thought I might as well do a long overdue cleaning on my EGR valve. I removed it without a problem and cleaned it, but now that it's back on my engine occasionally dips...

Today I broke off the captive nut in the front crossmember while trying to reattach a control arm. >_< Oh joy...

There's a 2001 Protege sitting at the Salt Lake City Pick'n'Pull lot, don't know how much has been taken from the engine or whether it's damaged but might be worth giving them a call.

I'd second what Hon2bmw said. I was experiencing the same sort of clunking, and it wound up being my lower control arm. May be worth taking a look at your engine mounts too, they're easy enough to check, although they probably would sound like they were coming from somewhere other than the wheel...