i'de go ls7, and if any chevy dudes talk ****, just let them know that only the ford 9 inch could handle the power and put it to the ground.

 

You would probably want to add better springs. Not much though. The added weigh of the bigger block is offset by using alum heads.

Motor mounts and tranny will bolt up. The differance is in deck height. Stock/302 exhaust won't fit.

That's pretty much it.

 

Hmmm.. I'm rather liking the 460 swap for this project.. You wouldn't have to do as much modification to the block.. Maybe blueprint it, balance it, new heads, cams, Intake, and possibly valvetrain.. Though I will admit in order to shoe-horn that into an SN-95 Chassis you'll have to do some surgery around the engine bay, and at a minimum would have to change the mounts. Granted I'm one of those guys were, if I have the money, I prefer to build it from the ground up.. But if you're going to go with one of the MMR or MPH blocks, then yeah you could easily stroke it out to a 427.. I just think the 460 swap would be a little less a$$-pain in the end, because regardless you're still going to have the same fitment issues with a stroked 5.8 that you are with the 460, so why not going with something that's a little easier to build? That's just me though..

 

I'm still in the theory stages right now guys. I'm weighing all my options. If my team doesn't get this business deal then I'm out of a career, which means no grocies, much less a project car. Only time will tell.