Jim Lusk said

It can be done and done easily. All iron 383 (except intake), four speed, alum radiator and ALL-STEEL body (oh, and it handles well without the huge tires, too):

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moper said

I think in the past you had limitations due to header choices and motor plates, and brakes, plus, the majority of "swappers" were doing it to drag race. Now with the cost of doing the swap overall reduced and the availability of parts so you can have good bars, and a sway bar, and lighter parts, and a turning radius of less than 45'... it's turned a page. I dont think there's too much difference now that can't be overcome with the right catalog.

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Jim Lusk said

moper is right. The other factor in my son's car is that folks would be amazed at how little we actually spent to build it and race it. If we had one limitation it was horsepower as we built a good handling street car that he wanted to autocross. We had a ~400hp big block in a 3,400lb car going against ~500hp small blocks in 2,700lb cars that were also physically smaller (first gen Mustangs). We still held our own and due to number of events, won the CP class for the season in the local SCCA chapter. A stock oiling system is what eventually doomed this effort (i.e. spun rod bearings from lack of oil in the corners).

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