Lol, I hear you on the throttle control. Have you ever weighed the Burb? Mine should come in right at 6,000lbs, it's fat for an S10, just trying to gauge what kind of MPG I can expect. Mine has tires and height working against it, but I plan on picking up some H2 or '05ish Dodge 8 lugs that will get the tires mostly back under the flares and run a 33 to 35" mild treaded tire for trips. I can just let the bags down 4 to 6 inches so that it looks right on that size tire and it should drop about 250lbs or so from the over all wieght of this pig.
I am running an instrument cluster from an '05 Duramax in an '01 S10 dash, it really does a lot for the interior of this ancient truck. I'm actually using the Engine, Tranny, engine/tranny harness, computer(s) harness, ECM, TCM, BCM, power distribution center, interior/dash harness, throttle pedal assembly, instrument cluster and complete steering column from an '05 Duramax truck, so everything should get along with everything else.