ARG! this thing is still running rich and stalling out once it's warmed up.
i checked the 02 sensor and its reading a fairly steady .8 volts if i hold the throttle open. i swapped the 02 and MAF out with the ones from the AAN i have here and the car runs exactly the same :( it stumbles and blows rich black smoke out the tail pipe. i'm not sure where to check next.. :(
on a good note, i did fix the over 2k rpm oil pressure buzzer warning... i forgot to hook up the sensor on the side of the block

it was there, but one wire was off. hooked it up and bam, no more annoying buzzer at sustained 2500 rpms.
not thinking i would be doing a dash swap when i dealt with the engine harness, i didn't run the temp gauge sender wire up all the way through the harness. soooo, i had to run an external wire for it. i did that and i now have a temp gauge that functions

and that makes all the gauges functional now!
i also got a spare tire setup for it. the stocker is 4lug 15'' with a low profile tire. but with 5lug.. that won't work

so i took one of my 5kt spare tires with the tall tire... and swapped em'! so now i have a low profile 15" spare for the car.
my list of things to finish up...
dash cluster covering
cruise control wiring to the switch
air filter setup
panelling under the car (i'll put some pics of how that's going)
put some holes in the rear parcel shelf to access the adjustable strut tops-done
install rear seat-done
fix front windows
figure out rich running condition
make another set of front tie rods up as i cut these ones a bit too short... because right now they are almost maxed out adjustment wise
wire/relay the headlights
register
insure
drive the freakin' thing!