Go for it man, we wish you success in putting it all together. Just do your homework and it shouldn't really be too difficult to do. You can get by on a hot air turbo setup up to about 6 spd without any issues. The hardest part you will have is making the exhaust manifolds and lowering the compression a point or two. Other than that I would scour ebay for srt6 wreckage.

As for the solstice goes, I say why bother. race suspension or not, bla...