Well, I hacked up the extra bracket set that I received with the IC and had nuts welded to them in the locations necessary to allow the STI intercooler to be mounted (into a position that would simulate the stock 02 WRX intercooler).
I went to the dealer and examined an STI, and found little reason to believe that the current version STI splitter won't fit on an 02 hood either. I mean, it was close dimensionally EVERYWHERE that the mounting bolts were involved. The height of the ducting is definitely higher, but I don't think that my "replica" scoop is going to have a problem accommodating the height of the current USDM splitter.
I'm going to just order the current USDM splitter and V7 bellows and see how everything shakes out. I was surprised though to find that the opening in the V8 bellows only measure 5.5" fore/aft (about 17.5" side to side). I would have expected another half inch or so to accommodate the larger intercooler.
Greg