As I have said many times, I certainly hope you prove me wrong, but determination won't pay the mortgage, and since you have kids, you know exactly what I am talking about, sometimes life throws a monkey wrench.

HDDP had the determination and the funding and got his project done and tracked the car for a few years, he was roughly 3x his intended budget and he had a pretty realistic number to start, so even with determination and knowledge, there are sometimes things involved with reengineering an over-engineered car that you simply can not do in your garage.

Get the V8/6 speed running, then we can talk FI all you want