[DavidBoren]

Use the truck intake if it will fit.

Get a afm/dod delete kit (no matter what).

Ls2 timing set/front cover (if you want to ditch the vvt).

Custom cam, because off the shelf and stock alphabet soup cams aren't worth the hassle of the install. You can get custom vvt cams, too, so you can keep the vvt if you want.

Upgrading the vvt cam requires a cam phaser limiter that costs about the same as all the parts of switch to a non-vvt cam, so it's really just personal preference on whether or not to keep it. Just don't get rid of it because you think you have to.