Thanks again Cap. if your ever in New Hampshire let me know and i'll let you take it for a spin. I really gotta find someone to buy my ECU so i can to it up properly.
the cable to the hood latch fell out once i got everything back together

i had to snap the grill out, pry the damn hood up with a bar until i could get to the screws and then removed the latch enough to reach in and connect the cable so i could remove the latch from the hood. not recommended, it was a bitch! got it all back together now and you can't tell with the exception of some scratches around the latch when you open the hood.