i'd say a 320 wud do the job for startin off, they're bout 150bhp standard. ya'd get 1 a good bit cheaper than a 325.
nothin too dangerous with cuttin springs, often done it! just take em out, cut a few coils off and keep em all the same height and ya'l b grand!!
strip it, lower it and weld the diff an ya'l b sorted on the cheap..
