Chris, I know your pain buddy... nothing ever goes the way it was originally planned... and you're doing an ass-load more work than I did to the WRX! Just keep your eye on the prize and you'll get to it... though your wallet will probably be twice as light as you originally thought.
Stupid cars and mods. Makes me thing just buying a Porsche GT would actually be less of a head-ache and cheaper than trying to mod a slower car into a fast one.