this pain wont let me reply for ages, sorry for the delay. ive shelved the als for time being as my turbo is in storage for the near future and work has taken precedence. anyway, im getting off the ground with the sequential shifter, its similar to the unit in the above link, but less bulky and looking more like a standars escort/fiesta selector assembly. Quaife do do front drive sequential boxes, but for general road use do you really wish to pay £2k+? when then qequential part is a modified internal linkage.
this leaves the box standard and fits as a straight swap for the o.e. linkage, well, it will when its completed, just as soon as i can spend more time on it in workshop rather than working.