UPDATE:
Truck has been my DD most of the last 14 months or so. I have a little over 8k miles on the swap without any major problems. However I've always owned F/I trucks and had several with blowers but not anything turbo'ed yet.
I'm thinking real hard about running a front mount on the truck and swapping in a 4L80. My biggest decison right now is to convert to 2wd or stay 4wd.. I'm pretty sure going 2wd I could run the LS A/C compressor and drop 300lbs off the truck.
What's the best way to drop the front of my truck down a little more? I have the drop keys but would like another 2'' if possible. Also is the a certain offset wheel I can run to keep the front from sticking out so far?
Once I get more firm on what exactly I plan to do I'll start a new thread but figured for now I would just update this one.