well 2 weeks ago i threw a rod threw the block and i get to swap it out finally tomarrow im just seeing if anyone has any last minute suggestions or pointers i cant wait to see the motor it got delivered to my friends shop and he says its got eveything on it is there any thing different on a automatic ve that i have to trade out off of my manual ve any suggestions or comments would be great

 

Manual VE has a variable intake manifold, whereas automatic doesn't. You should swap them over, the VI helps out your low end (or top end, slight debate about that).