Ok,
I have now finished installing the "Geek Article System 3.52" on my vb3.5 board and yes it's possible

takes about 4 hours where you baisicly sit and course the designers of vb but othat than that most changes are rather trivial.
p.s.
nathanaus if im not mistaken the character limit you state is set by vb itself, you can change it in the vb options and solve that problem.