[83burban]

I think that your taking my advice the wrong way...I am all for original and different...but original and different comes with a cost (and although I have no idea what your budget is - my summer job at 14 netted me about 1500 dollars total). I would just hate to hear 3 or 4 months down the road that you got started doing the swap only to run out of money half way through it.

Now if low down torque is what you really want and you want to go different - the caddy will definitely work for you. But seriously, how often do you find a good running caddy 500 that isn't coming with a sub 1000 dollar asking price?
(maybe there are dime a dozen out in the mid-west...just a stock running 454 goes for about 800 out here)

Again... I am not trying to discourage original thinking or trying to be a d*ck...I just want to offer advice about the challenge of doing a motor swap on a budget if you don't take into account every-single nut and bolt before you start.