I would like to make a comment that is prompted by kenneth's post on Jan 14. When I initially set up a Chevy SB V8 in a Kaiser back in 1983, I used a dummy block and I set the engine as far back as the 226. Things really looked good until I set heads on the block and I discovered that #3 spark plug stuck into the steering box. To correct this, I moved the engine forward 4 inches and the steering box fit between #5 & #7 spark plugs. Since the SB Chevy is lighter than the 226, moving the engine forward didn't make the steering any heavier. Moving the engine forward actually made the transmission crossmember simpler and allowed for an off-the-shelf driveshaft to be used.The drawbacks were that the stock mechanical fuel pump could not be used and the front of the sump on the oil pan had to be reshaped to clear the steering linkage. In fact the oil pan modification was about the only part of the whole swap that couldn't be easily done in a driveway because it really required a dummy block, oil pump & pickup, and heating the oil pan.
Between Ben Walker's car, my brother's car, and my car, we put at least 65,000 miles on this technology. Pretty impressive for how simple it was.