StephenMcC
RMS Regular
Thank you Rooneyrocket, been doing a bit of research and I honestly think a Nissan QG18DE Manual out of an Almera/Primera/Tino is the way to go, they're a tidy looking twin cam engine esp on ITB's and apparently they can run 200bhp all day long (if its a good one) lots of OBX performance/turbo bits etc still avail.
Had a 1.8 tino with the auto box a few years back, took dogs abuse and never gave any bother, and was pretty nippy (for what was lol)