[andrewhush]

Nope, going smaller/lighter rather than larger/lighter. Engine is out of a nissan primera egt. Gearbox is a 5-speed sierra type 9. The body is still hanging from the ceiling while I check that the engine runs. I have had this engine many years but have never had it running. Today's job is to pick out the essential wiring from approx 20kg of nissan wiring loom to run it with the original set up. If there are no nasty noises I am considering going with 4 separate throttle bodies like the caterham people do as this will be a more compact and tuneable arrangement than the huge manifold/plenum that the nissan came with. I have set the steering wheel position back in line with the gearstick by grafting a herald column which is tubular onto the scimitar upper column which my mate Fred turned down and shortened to suit. A flat machined on the turned down section allows the use of the triumph clamp/grub screw arrangement hat will allow the overall length to be adjusted as on a herald.