Cheers Dave
Andy - the engine doesn't sit high mate, the shell is dropped low over the engine so it's actually the opposite to what your thinking, And is why the engine sits high in the bay, if the engine was positioned low in the bay then to get the correct driveshaft angles the car would have to be high,
The engine was mounted as low as possible whilst keeping all driveshaft angles acceptable then the shell was fabricated over the engine/suspension as low as possible without ruining the geometry, hence why my bonnet has to have cut outs for the top mounts to clear as the suspension points have been made high up in the shell,
Hope that makes sense, when I get the engine back in I will measure from top of rocker cover to the floor and compare it to the same measurement on a normal cossie