went and picked the engine that will be in it for a while, landrover 2.5na diesel, not the quickest but needs must.
80mile round trip with it in back of an astra was a bit of an experiance.
me and the boy managed to get it in the engine bay tonight, sits further back than i expected, but i can live with that. need to sort engine mounts.
and find a gearbox.
need to find out how people deal with engine mounts putting a 2.5 (90 swb) into a swb series chassis. i think you change chassis mount on o/s and space them up by about 2", then the battery tray can stay, cutaway at moment to allow engine to sit roughly in place.