Well a wee while since an update.
In that time we had our first addition to our family called Patrick born 21/12/13
One would have thought that would be game over for the project but it was actually a blessing in disguise as i changed employer 5/2/14 so chose to leave my old job the end of November to be sure to see our child being born.
I was under orders to stay sober and no go far so very handy that "the shed" is 50 yards from the house.
This spurred me on and we got the engine fitted.
The engine went in and all the custom bits started.
Reversing the inlet manifold sounds easy. It's not it hits the bonnet, the ICV and TPS leads aren't long enough, the vacuum pipe for the brakes is at the wrong side the alternator is in the way and the normal intercooler pipe does not fit.
So I decided why not just modify the inlet manifold, cut the throttle body boss off and lower it and tilt it and get it welded by a pro.
Had a boss welded on for the brake vac pipe, extended the wiring, made custom intercooler pipes, bought a carl davey alternator relocation kit and fabed a few brackets..
The result
Original vs mine