Big Blocks and Handling

If you are willing to do the work and spend the money to swap out lighter and better parts you can have a really great BB a-body. I personally like the sb's... And I'll be doing all the lightweight stuff for it so it will be lighter still.

As for the heavy dana 60 to balance it out. That isn't really a good Idea.. The rear axle is unsprung weight whereas what you need to worry about is sprung weight. The heavy unsprung weight would actually hurt rather than help. Follow the tips above and you probably won't even notice a difference in handling and probably have an improvement.