Tongue mufflers will save you a few ounces up front and are available from several vendors.
It is absolutely critical to run the *stock muffler* - it is absolutely key to the way it runs well for stunt. And it should be completely unmodified, nothing changed in any way. IT runs enough better that way to make up for any minor weight increase, at least on airplanes that are of appropriate size (35-sized).
I haven't found the glow plug to be critical. The 25LA-S comes with an OS #6 and that seems entirely satisfactory, but I have run discarded Thunderbolt 4-Cycle plugs from my real airplane with the element scraped clean and old Glo-Devil #300s.
The stock engine (highly recommended) wants at 10% nitro for good needling. It will run OK on 5% but is touchy on the needle. 15 or 20% (like YS 20/20) smooths it out more, and above that, you don't really gain anything, up to 35%, which is the most I have tried.
Brett