The bucking is common at throttle tip in(both stock and certain tuned variances) . Add the straight e85 tune and the bucking should remove itself with the additional timing added down low.
Everything looks good in the order besides number 7, do the alignment last. I just did springs about 14 days ago, I lowered the rear cradle and it was pretty easy. The fronts are the easiest IMO. Even swapping springs on the struts. Load up your front struts before starting the work and the...
I have 6 inch resonators off the collectors, but plan on adding 9 inch Vibrants this month. Great rumble at start up and idle, has some slight rasp, but trying to eliminate that with the 9 inch Vibrants. The 6 inch resonators came with the headers and aren't the greatest of dampening.
If you tighten by hand tools and use a 6 point socket, that will help extend the life of the black finish. I bought Gorilla where each lug nut was a locking one. Only the splined portion gets used when tightening.
The picture above is not my car, but as of 20 minutes ago my car has BMR drag springs front and rear and looks identical. The 28x6x18's fronts and 305 rears will be on tomorrow. As far as how safe these wheels are, I'd just ask how fast have the race stars been? The construction is very similar...
check out VMS racing. They have a full set of 17x10's and 18x5's for 826 shipped. They are listed at 960.00 or so on their site. If you contact them they will give you 15% off. They are of cast construction and have similar weights at race stars.