thats actually really awesome that it is really similar. Maybe you swapped enough stuff over you managed to "catch its soul" in the process.

thats because they want their drift missles to look awesome and be magazine cover cool, so they can wreck them into the wall. That is one thing I never understood about drifters. Why they spend so much money on the way the car looks, just to destroy it. I would have a more enjoyable time using 100 dollar bills to light my cigars rather than buy aero and a front end conversion for a drift car.

That VQ swap is a pretty cool thing. I remember a few years ago, someone on here did it. Don't know how much stronger that tranny is compared to some other options, but i do remember that it has a bit more aggressive gearing than say a VG tranny. If I remember right, the VQ tranny ends up at the same place as the VG but it does it with shorter gearing, and therefore, more quickly.
I think I'm gonna start comparing gear ratios. If/When I build another 240 (its been put off for now) I want to build a awesome street machine, but still have the comforts and gas mileage of a daily driver and I think that camaro 6 speed might just be the ticket. I figure it gets those guys mid 20-25 mpg on the highway, It ought to be really awesome for a decently built KA. If it is really awesome, then I might just copy your supercharger set up, once I get to that point. Gonna throw some money at my truck and my Z for now. Gonna save up for a 240 that way it can be a toy, not a necessity.

Hopefully he can get that thing cut soon. I'm getting anxious to see this thing start to come together. lol.
Have you thought about just taking the stock manifold, cutting it really short, and welding on the log?
Wouldn't exactly be pretty, but it could give you something to work with as far as getting it together. could always step up to something nicer down the road. Never know, you might find that you have to do things differently once you start getting it bolted together, and chopping up the stock manifold could save you some cash.
as for the hot pipe, I can't remember exactly the route that it needed to go in, but you might look at stock 300zx piping. There are some sections that have the bends and everything that you might need and they are supposed to be good for something crazy like 500 whp.