Update:
Dropped off the head to get reground and a valve job today. I asked if they could/would make custom gears (taller 5th gear anyone? Darin?). Unfortunately the answer was no. I asked the guy who was doing the job if I could watch what he did and show me what the job entails when he got around to doing my head. At first he looked at me kind of weird (this is usually a speed shop where they do work on stock cars and old custom hot rods and I handed him a sewing machine to work on), but I forgot to get the valve gaskets from my car and he followed me out and saw my batcar. I explained all the ecomodding stuff to him, about the FE runs, how old school gearheads, racers, and antique car people were starting to get into the efficiency stuff. He got a gleam in his eye and seemed much more willing to let me come watch him work, and told me he'd call me up if he didn't have a bunch of other work going on at the same time.
