Well H. L., while your dad is right for the most part, if your plans are to build a highway cruiser, I'd scrap the high-performance route and stick to a reliable game plan. First, in reply to your ...

At this point, mixing and matching the Big Three U.S. auto manufacturers' V-8 powerplants, both internally and across all brands of vehicles—engine-swapping, if you will—is a tried-and-true practice.