So more progress has been made..
Lining everything up:
Once lifted in I quickly realised this section would need to be cut but I was pretty sure by this stage all the front original fab work will go
Once in place and held there I started to mock up the mounts:
This is only roughly trimmed and tacked in place, once it all comes out I will trim and brace the mount and give it a paint
Engine side - I wanted to use the standard focus mount ( will be swapped for a vibra technics version later) as it's a relatively small mount
A very trimmed version of the standard focus metal mount plate
Chassis lip trimmed to allow access to the underside but
With that tacked in the engine and box would now hang by itself
You can see the wire I used between the turret tops to allow me to line the engine up straight in the bay - bit crude I know but did the job pretty well
Next up was the torque mount to fabricate from the original mount positions on the bottom of the car
With this in place the engine and box are rock solid as they should be - all in all pretty pleased how it turned out - just still hours to spend finishing them off!!
Thanks for looking.