One of my mates just put ax XE into a 106. And another put on in a Suzuki LJ410 and mounted it long ways.
Great choice of engine IMO, ignore all the blinkered people who think a zetec engine is better!
The engine is uber strong and all parts are easy to find and cheap for them. Easy to convert from n/a to turbo too.
If your handy with a welder it will be a fairly straight forward project.