if he wants to use his box silvertop sump front starter ive used many standard boxes over the years from 1.3 ohv 5 speed to s1 s2 lsd they all can hack it
ive done bout 20 odd of these conversions never had a comeback yet and my rs1600i rep zetec on 45s has xr3i box in my escort mk3 4 door zetec on 40s and 100bhp shot of nitrous works fine on a 1.6 ghia box ask ade brannon off fastford what it goes like as he crashed it at my photo shoot