Welcome to the club of nuts...
Did you ever looked into the Miata drivetrain? The IFS, tranny the IRS is there. Shorten the drive shaft, beef up the half shafts and the train is ready for a 302. Some small mods and you have pretty much what you need.
Plenty Monster V8 Miatas out there to read about. The base suspension is very good and with a few aftermarket parts you have a hell of a car.
To build a frame around is not that complicated.
Pretty stunning, right?
