Why do feel you no longer need this post?
i totally dig uncommon swaps, but this sounds like this is your first swap? In that case, it would probably be easiest to stick with chevy as it's basically a straightforward bolt-in affair. Note that chevy 350, pontiac 350, buick 350, olds 350 and if cadillac had a 350 are all DIFFERENT engines even though they are all 350's.