upgrading regulator

thanks for the responses guys, was thinking it would be alright, but when in doubt......
don't like to throw questions out that I may be able to find on this site by searching, but when I search, I start reading and find other points of interest and end up being here all day reading other related threads that interest me, and may or may not find what I was originally looking for. :) kinda like the "oh look, a shiny thing"
thanks again to all! now back to that spaghetti under the hood, hahaha