Thanks for your long and thoughtful reply, had a quick look at your blog and looks pretty solid! Will still have to go through our review process though. Sure it will be fine.
Won't suggest delegating the full 500 SP, maybe 300 and then upvote the @qurator posts 7+ times a week. That will give you Tier 5.
Tier 5 values fluctuate though, won't always be $2.5. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower. Depends on how many members join and people that move up in tiers.
The rules are strictly only one upvote after every 24 hours. So no extra upvotes from the Qurator account. We are supporting a rather large community and our Voting Power is quite sensitive.
Hope this answers most of your questions. =)
Got it, thanks! =)