either can be made to work, the real issue, is, California emissions.
No matter what you do, youre going to have a vehicle thats technically not legal in cali.
youd be miles ahead buying something legal, like a mid 90s fullsize truck that already has a V8 and then modify that.
A v8 s10 is fun, i have one, but i dont have cali inspections or anything like that to deal with