I hear ya, said and done 6 g's, I could've done some sweet mods with that... I was gonna do it that way too in my buddies shop; empty the shop close the doors and went to work but i wanted to have some warranty on the work just in case.
If you can ever get a hold of Mike L, talk with him, he'll set you up right. That guy likes to talk man, every chat was at least 45 mins haha.