It will no doubt end up way beyond my budget .....

But this looks to ba a perfect donor!

even the alloys seem to be (from the piccy) re-usable

HERE

Someone must want it !

[Edited on 26/8/04 by protofj]

I would be worried about cracks in the block after a shunt like that.

I think it would take a little more than a mod like that to crack a block. I have only ever seen 1 cracked block, it was wedged between the front seats and the manifold had killed the rear seat passenger