I do appreciate the problems involved but the fact that you can buy a brand new 2 litre Zetec engine with all ancillaries except ECU for £700 must make some bright people start to get their tape measures out to check the posibilities.

On the same subject, I'm surprised that no one has attempted to install a different manufacturers engine, say a 2 litre Zetec Ford or the 1.8 litre Honda engine that some Mini owners use. Amongst Series owners it is quite common to dump an old Landy engine and install either a turbo diesel or a...