The boss at the first shop where I worked back in high school (1962) adapted a 283 to his 41 Chevy coupe, using the original trans and rear end. The first time he went to the drag strip, wound the engine up, and popped the clutch, the cluster gear went out of the bottom of the transmission and left him sitting at the staring line.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!