New to the forum, 8RT into passenger car

[Mr meteor]

Good morning from Canada,
I am completely new to cars but decided to take on a project as a way to work with my dad and hopefully end up with a cool cruiser for those long summer nights the latitude affords us north of the 49th parallel. I'm not looking for performance, just a chill ride

So I purchased a 1954 Meteor Niagara Special which was a Canadian model made by Ford and similar to the Mainline. The car came with no engine, just the transmission. In 1954 the Canadians still used the 8BA flathead so I went about purchasing one for it. But in my ignorance, I ended up with an 8RT.

Now I've got a project on my hands. I am reaching out to the community to see what others think about using this 8RT for my car. These are the considerations:

A) The 8RT engine mounts are different. Can a spacer be constructed to adapt the situation? Switching the water pumps to 8BA style would make the engine match the mounts that came with the car but would mean a mismatch of pulley width with the other components of the 8RT. I understand the 8RT uses wide belts and 8BA water pumps have narrow belts. From what I can tell, removing pulleys requires a set up I don't have.

C) I understand the oil pan is different on the 8RT and I'm wondering if it will interfere with the front end of the car.

D) I read somewhere that the 8RT exhaust crossover goes under the engine rather than around the front. Does anyone know if this would interfere with the car's front end?

Thanks for reading, if you have wisdom to share I'd love to hear it. -Dave