My car is yet to hit the road and I'm already cooking up my engine and tranny rebuild. I really really want to make this a DIY project. Some people have discouraged me but a lot of people are encouraging me to do it. Great learning experience daw.

I'll need to gather tools specific to tranny/engine rebuilding since all I have right now are some basic handtools. My question is: what tools do I need?? Also, what steps of the rebuild can I pass off to the machine shop and what do I have to do/verify??

I've already gotten an estimate from my engine builder and if the cost of the tools isn't too far off, then I'm determined to do it myself.