I have made up the engine and trans mounts (solid) and located the engine in the correct lateral plane. The mounts are tacked to the chassis rails so I can adjust fore and aft. For now I have given myself sufficient longitudinal space for a 52 litre (13 US gal) water tank. Any comments on prop shaft length - I was thinking 12" should be plenty?
After the discussion of total loss electrics, and determining I have the room, I took a proper look at the OEM alternator (which had been removed and flung in a cabinet).
It has a 4 pin connector (plus the big battery cable). You have to be kidding me; it turns out the stock ECU manages the switching somehow but I will be using an aftermarket ECU - from the replica Lotus 7 community that use this engine I have some direction - one pin is 12v in to excite the beast and one is an output to the dash charging light, ignore the other two - I need a wiring diagram for the donor car! I am more used to a 12 volt supply from ignition via the dash light to the alternator with the alt. earthing that circuit until it is charging and then isolating the earth, effectivelly turning the dash lamp off. I may be describing that badly but thats how I uderstand it and if I wire a single alt. that way it works.
I guess a larger dia. pulley will slow it down a tad and be more useful in the target rev range, but will that cause problems idling on the line - one step forward, two back and trip over your shoe laces - this bespoke stuff is harder than it looks, which is why we enjoy it I guess.
The flywheel / clutch scattershield is in my near future.