Looking for opinions on low budget 360 build

I've got a $226 manifold in my Speedmaster shopping cart waiting for it to go on sale. The next time I try and make any budget power it's going to be with a 360 magnum from the Pick-n-Pull for under $200 with a 6-month warranty...
they were giving those manifolds away free with a pair of heads last time i looked. now my logic to her indoors would be ''i'll be buying the heads sooner or later so it may as well be now and i will get the manifold for free, saving $226''. i've got that stuff past her before with new front wheels, '' it needs front brakes but the wilwood kit needs bigger 15" wheels, shall i buy new stock brakes and then spend again on the wilwood's when i can afford the wheels too or save the cost of one set of brakes and get all the good stuff now?'' she went for it!!!
neil.