dont chop up a perfectly good SVT to be the experiment. Find some worthless GL or SE, then when your concept works, put it in an SVT.
yeah there is no point in doing to an svt, all the things that make it and svt will be gone anyways. besides, you can pick up a beat up/blown up zetec for 5 sticks of gum and some pocket lint these days..then buy some svt bumpers and side skirts and you are golden