I'm in kinda the same situation, the only reason I drove a vr6 was the noise. I sold mine about 3 months ago to fund building the new engine, which was gonna be a vrt. Then I decided software and injectors are too expensive for my liking, plus i would break it every week, and lose my license/life. So a 2.9 n/a itb screamer on a MS ecu was the next option....now I'm down to building a 2.8 on stock obd2 with minimal mods... But I'm losing heart in it all together, because its not that I can't afford to run one, but my god I have so much more money not running a vr6! It takes some of the fun aw