damn, why dont you plan to buy all this stuff more towards the end of the year? >=-)

Then I can sell you my fully built tranny, and my complete kickass top end. (bottom end too maybe)

That way I can have a reason to start other projects.. but i want to enjoy the parts a little more first.

ECU and cam really arent important if you dont mind adding fuel and boost manually. Metal head gasket? Just use a MP one. Ohh.. you mean the copper shim? I could sell you mine too! lol. But yeah, those arent a bad idea. I personally would stay away from FM. They've been bad to me both times ive ordered from them. FWD or Relentless are my picks.

Let me know if you can wait a little bit to buy all the things.. lol.. I'll sell you my custom programmed ECU too!