Right then it's been a long time since the last post and to be honest pretty much nothing has happened
A few little things like the fuel lines are now clipped in place the tank is mounted but now 30mm further towards the drivers side to give extra clearance. But the main bit of progress is the inlet manifold I was going to use a Toyota Corolla manifold welded into the Micra flange ( photo on last page) but I wasn't very happy with how the runners lined up and it made the injector clearance very tight so I've spent a fair bit of time online researching various engines bore spacing.
I ended up taking a punt on a manifold from a Suzuki Alto, when it came it was quickly sized up against a Micra gasket an it's damn close
So off came the flange and it was tried in place, the off set to the passenger side helps with clearance
It's pretty tall but lower than the master cylinder and the bonnet shuts thank God
As it stands now it's just tacked together
This manifold also leaves plenty of room for the injectors