Thanks vicar
Something my friend and i agreed on right from the start of all this was that we wanted to come out of this with a quick car that is comfortable and looks and drives well, there is still a lot of tidying up to do under the bonnet, and not having the strut brace is holding me up a little now because i want to route some of the pipework across it, and possibly mount the MAP sensor and amal valves on the underside of it to keep things a bit less cramped around the strut area.
Can't wait to get this thing MOT'd and on the road, i just hope everything with the change of engine on the logbook goes smoothly, as ive heard that theres a long waiting time for VIC checks with the dvla if we have to go down that route