Car will be street driven with very little trips to the track planned.
Cam?
Converter stall?
Sounds to me like the emphasis should be on drivability, not peak HP potential.
< Since I think these answers are still critical to the discussion >
And I agree w/ some other posters above in that it sure doesn't sound like the guy's trying to build a race car. He may have picked some "racy" parts, but that doesn't mean it's what he's expecting the car to be.