I have also done the V-8 Vega thing. Was a neat car and I actually did the swap while I was in Germany with the USAF. There are kits around that take care of most of the engineering for you. Your challenge will be finding a suitable car. A similar choice would be a Chevy monza, they are sleeker looking but have a lot of the same components, plus Chevy built some with factory V-8s. You don't see a lot of either of these cars around any more. You might even find one of these that was a former race car and has a lot of the suspension work done. Then your challenge would be making it street legal and streetable again.

As for the S-10, that is a popluar swap and a lot of them are showing up with the late model EFI small blocks in them. Go to Google and do a search on V8 S-10 and I bet you will find a lot of info.

One more thought, if I was gonna do a budget street strip car a 62-65 Nova would be hard for me not to pick. They are still available, are light weight, lots of parts around and with the leaf spring suspension can be set up for decent traction. The 66-67 are nice too, but more expensive due to demand.

Good luck with your project

Pat