Update: Car is running great (finally). Bump steer kit installed last year. Rough idle fixed by PerfectPower in Chicago. Advice to people doing fresh builds; #1 if I could go back I would have kept it stock 3.2 (much easier to find people who can service) and performance difference pretty small and #2 I would have gone 15 inch wheels- looks more correct and not that many tire choices at 16x9 either.
Been blasting around the back roads with grin from ear to ear.