Even more difficult, with even more custom bits than the V8. The D2 uses tripod inner joints across the range, but the lesser models use CV joints so you'd either need an original D2 2.8 gearbox (which I do actually have) or custom front shafts.
You'd also need an extra-long propshaft which is one of the hardest things in the UK as we simply don't seem to have the skills any more to make that sort of stuff, which is trivial in the US. The muppets that made the shaft for the S8 swap I did tried 4 times to balance it and failed miserably, and unfortunately they seem to own 99% of the driveshaft shops which turn up in a google search. The propshaft is actually the main thing preventing me from making any more swaps, although 6-speed gearboxes are getting very rare now too. Its doable with the new generation of gearboxes as Wolfinsheep'sclothes showed, but thats then custom everything.
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