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As others have said, The Ford is a better fit. It's narrower and one won't have header clearance problems as significant as with a Chevy. And since there's no distributor in the back, one doesn't have to provide room for it. The Ford is lighter by about fifty pounds. I would bet than on a kw per kg basis, the Ford is better than the Chevy. Notice I didn't say anything about kw per dollar...
A one piece driveshaft is not a good idea in my opinion. It limits suspension travel - everyone I know that used one has had to install some type of pinion snubber or spring spacers to keep the driveshaft from hitting the tunnel. A one piece shaft can also limit top speed depending on final drive. It's much more effective to simply build a proper two piece arrangement and bolt it in the stock location.
One doesn't need to change rear ends unless one's looking for ratios unavailable from Volvo. I put a Dana 30 PowrLok in my 945 diff and I've got 245mm tires on the back and 440ft/lbs in the front... The axles are bigger than a Camaro's, FWIW.
My car gained 150 lbs from the swap (NA Volvo four and autobox to aluminium head Ford V8 and T5) and has 53.5% of its weight on the front wheels. The car handles fine. The rate of front tire wear isn't noticably higher than before. I doubt the front end weighs significantly more than a 965.
Peter
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