I keep hearing "cheap" getting thrown around here. I didn't look around too much, but, is there a center sump pan available to put on an LS to clear the A-body steering linkage? If not, then what? Great if your budget allows a tube K member. That in itself is a budget buster for most. Then the infamous header clearance issues with torsion bars, if there is a pan that clears factory steering/K member. Then there's the engine brackets. Now, I KNOW ALL THIS CAN BE FABBED!!! I KNOW THAT'S PART OF HOT RODDING!! Not everyone has that skill set or tools and such to get it done. Sometimes, for some people, it HAS to be bolt in. Jus' sayin'. These points point to keeping it Mopar. Small Block easiest. You could gather up half a dozen 318s and pay pennies for only two of em! Doesn't take much to make them run. Slap on a four barrel, dual exhaust, a 340 cam....... Oh no I didn't!!!!!!
