Plans always change! If you got some parts and some free time there's no point in waiting to at least tackle specific projects. The little things will more than double expected swap time in my opinion, and every project you complete will yield another something that will need to be changed or modified which gives you the time to order components. I'd been told that the factory pan may work with this K member/steering setup. In 2 hours of dropping engine into place I realized that wasn't the case. And now I'm not up against a deadline so it's not a big deal :)