I was going to type "guys, who gives a rat's a** any more", but then I realized I do, and the fact that I do is kinda tickin me off! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] This is like watching the OJ trial now - I don't want to be interested, but every time this thread comes up I tune in again.

Not to add another take here, but like I said before I don't really see the fact that he considered trying it as a sign that need to call a priest in for an exorcism or anything (geez, guys, it's an '89 4 cyl LX for hell's sake)and I even think it sounds pretty fun, but having tried to do similar things in my own and friends' cars over the years (always with more curiousity than qualifications, though, on my part) I gotta say what would be helpful would be to sit down and to try to think about what areas you would run into trouble with and what YOUR options are (like, for starters, who can help you with things like motor mounts, and what transmission are you going to run and where are you going to get it, and who's going to make the cross member for it, and who's going to cut your driveline . . .), and just figure out how many things you can really do yourself or can find a buddy to do, and be honest with yourself on how much it's really likely to cost, and then give yourself a good solid 35% pad because you will overlook little things (like the rear end you're going to blow up) and also be wrong on about 1/2 of what you estimated. Projects like this are really all about both what AND who you know.

If you really give it some thought piece by piece, you might be surprised either way (it might even be less of a $$ project than you think). Truth is, you could stick that 454 on a lawn tractor if you have a buddy who loves to weld and plenty of time on your hands and you don't care if it's pretty. The transmission and the rear end are going to be problems though, I'm thinkin.