There's a guy over here put a BMW V8 and trans in his TF series truck,bags of power,torque and 30+ MPG all day long,sorry I don't have any more info on this but it sounds to me like a great set-up.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.