So many shades!

And you are just NOT gonna tell us the real story about: "....using another powerplant to "shake it down...." We're all perfectly qualified to disagree here, but I would be afraid I would jinx the entire project if I put a bowtie in it! But it's your car, your money (or lack of same) and therefore YOUR CHOICES!!!

That said, I still think it's SACRILEGE!!! (Which, by the way is the name I gave to a 1/24th scale Mousetank I built when I was in junior high. It had a first generation HEMI in it.)