Hey overmyhead,

I thought of a few more things that have helped me... I work with some guys who know the owner of a junk yard. Just so happend that the weekend I started looking for the underhood brackets to move the battery tray to driverside and make room for the airbox... a ton of cash for clunkers vehicles were showing up. I made out like a bandit with pieces from trucks suburbans, tahoes, etc. My goal was to finish the swap so the engine looked 100% factory, 0% "converted". This has been a slow process but I have a Honda to drive while my Z-71 is being reborn. Hopefully you have several junk yards in your area. I also have lots of shop books for 1994 and 2005 as well as all data and one other online tech web-site. If you know someone who works at a shop with these, see if you can use it. Also, try to find someone with a GM Tech2 scanner. Those things can see everything about system operation and potential problems. I am a few days away from having my wiring to the point where the scanner should be able to tell me if I have any major issue before I turn the key.

Regarding over your head on the budget... I can't offer one bit of help there. ha-

Good Luck