my 1970 longhorn project/daily driver

[383longhorn]

well i almost have the money saved up to build a nice new TH350tranny for my truck. heres a couple ideas i have for my new transmission.

B&M holeshot 3000 stall
TCI front pump
B&M master racing overhaul kit
B&M shift improver kit
B&M governor recalibration kit
B&M trick shift fluid
B&M tranny cooler
B&M ratchet shifter or one like it
B&M tranny oil pan

im working on a budget of 1000-1200$ im looking for more ideas on good parts. i want this to be a quick and hard shifting tire burning transmission. i want to hear some ideas you guys might have from some tranny you have used or built

also i will be pulling the engine too. need to do a few things to it. so this is going to be a great time for me to clean up the engine compartment and get under the hood looking amazing. hopefully getting some nicer inner fenders or just fix and smooth out the ones i have. also thinking about painting everything gloss black? or flat black? what do you think? leaving the firewall blue