Nope, I did change the valvesprings, put in 105# springs. I used the air adapter to keep the valves up. It was really quite simple, and changing out the valvesprings isn't hard, its just time consuming.
Still stock tranny. No problems yet, knock on wood!
Took the car out for a spin today, and dropped the hammer once or twice, man that thing pulls! Car won't hook until about 45 mph, and I'm sure it'll get better once I get my S&S headers on (I'm picking them up tommorow) and getting it tuned. The guy who helped me with the cam was going to tune it but he didn't have the latest software.