.....from reading the articles I wondered if you were trying to build a drag car, cuz I thought you were doing it all wrong! I'm glad to see that you are not, because you are correct that there are two totally different setups involved for drag racing vs endurance. You also spoke to something that I had been wondering: the susceptibility of the stainless td-05 manifolds to cracking in endurance applications.....
You mentioned that you are interested in the SSC. I raced the last Pony Express race, and I'm currently researching a dry sump for my car to deal with oil temp issues. If you care to, email me your email address and maybe we can swap notes.
BTW, if you plan to go to one of the open road races, please let me know! I was the only 300ZX at the last Pony Express!