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If you've never done this type of project before, expect it to take three times longer than you plan for. This is my rule of thumb on anything I've never done before. Even as a seasoned gearhead type who works on mechanical systems for a living. A good amount of that 3x will be doing the homework.
Best of luck, good advice in here. Your willingness to take the leap is exemplary, most talk themselves out of it. Chops for that, but once started, like most big projects, you'll get about half way through and start telling yourself. "What the hell was I thinking." While looking at a pile of receipts and parts and not being where you think you should be by now.
This is when perseverance and faith in yourself will drive you through. I recently put an HKS SC on my car, the forums were invaluable in helping me pick that system. But mine's a commuter, sounds like you're building a formidable beast in comparison. Your expenditures sound like they'll exceed the cost of swapping to an LS and new trans build. In that light, I'd poke around those subforums as well.
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