Hi Rich.
Getting no help from Marlin. Though I have not asked for any.
Ian (merlinman) has done the mounts as I have no experience with welders!
This is not a stand VW build either (Am I trying to justify the costs.
). Lots of after market goodies from standard. Like a T28 turbo I had about waiting to go on the Rover engine. Know going on this.
But with that, comes baffled sump (as a safety measure, aftermarket ECU, gearbox rebuild, Rover gearbox conversion, etc ,ect.)
Not added it up accuratley at the moment but looking at th 3K mark I would have thought.
Yes at the beginning, it may have been worth getting an Elise. But with a broken car, thought I knew the car better than anyone as I built it. I could have put another Rover lump in it for a couple of hundred maybe. But decided ages ago, I was looking for a different engine, more modern.
I made the decision with the VW as this looked like a good modern alternative.