why are you adamant at sticking at 1600cc mate ?
imo , a zvh conversion would be far better in terms of bang for your buck , and if you have a low miler cvh head tis all the better ,
i wouldnt want to speculate what you get from jano for 1900 quid , but he does seem to know his onions
260 for £7k , fucking pricy , but i bet you could give it death and never have to worry bout it , just ask butch or ollie ,
for me a compotent engine could be buit and mapped on efi for sub £4k and get your solid 260 hp all day long ,
think the biggest question is what makes you think you NEED 260 bhp ?? did you just pluck that figure out the air and say thats for me ,
??
imo decide what you want the car to do , road track , weekend toy ,ect
then id decide what power you need for the car to fufill that job ,
if not your just throwing your money away !!!!!