lord, I could right a manuscript with what he and I have done to this thing..
We have had two of those engines blow up on me, while i was driving, first one, the radiator failed, the second one..(at the beginning of this month...) had the oil pump fail..
totally sucks..
as far as the suspension..it depends on what the car came with to begin with..
if you have disc brakes and something else, you don't have to do anything.
if you have the standard drums, you have to change them if you want disk brakes.
the rear end also has to be changed to handle the higher torgue off the engine and tranny..
(and to think i am not even a mechanic)
he..anyway..