I like wrenching on my own cars too! Just a question of when I have time. I did a bunch of work on my old Miata, which was blissfully easy to work on.
What kind of shocks did you end up using? I looked at getting the ROW M030 setup, but I wouldn't be able to get it quickly enough. I've had very good experiences with Bilsteins in the past, and given this car will be mostly street driven (and I'd like to use it on long trips without it killing my kidneys), I figured this would be a good compromise. We'll find out tomorrow I suppose.
I'd had a great experience with Tru Line in getting my Miata set up for a mix of road driving and autocross. I highly recommend their expertise if you ever get serious about autocross/DE setup with your car.