The intelligent thing to do would probably be to make an adapter plate and put two sidedraft webers on; In other words, i would be getting rid of the stock intake manifold, which, by the way, now that i've gotten a good look at it in detail the past few days is actually quite a work of art in itself, and then boltling on the webers--hopefully DCOE 40's.

But i don't have any experience, or for that matter any real knowledge of cars. Oh sure, there have been the engine transplants with small block chevys(into other gm models), but anyone can(and probably has) done one of those. The point i'm trying to make is, even if you haven't messed with chevy related things, you COULD do it without too much problems because there's so much of a wealth of information about them out there. And if you got stuck, i would be willing to bet that there is someone up the street who could help you.

So, my plan now is to "make" my own "manifold" (or at least a place to mount a carburetor). I will unbolt the throttle body from the intake and bolt my "mount" to where the throttle body once was. The carb will probably be a holley 4160 390cfm's (i'm not trying to go fast, i'm just trying to go). The throttle cable is nearby so that should not be much of a problem.
For fuel, i may use an electric pump, not the stock volvo pump though---(will explain in a sec.) and then a fuel pressure regulator, again not the stock volvo unit. Or i may use a mechanical pump belt driven using gilmer pulleys and belt(s).

I wish to use a 4160 holley because i do not have any experience w/webers although in the long run a weber is probably superior. The price is actually about the same---$300 vs. $400.

The reason why i wish to do this is because i am tired of the tempermental volvo electrical system and wish to simplify.

If this latest plan does not work, i will then commence on putting a small block chevy into the 740. I have experience in installing sbc's into non-gm applications so i am confident i could do it---it would just be time consuming, not to mention a little costly---but still cheaper than buying new.

Your thoughts?