Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

You are right, but I am addicted.

Also am following two X1/9 engine swaps, one with a fiat twin air engine and another with the full fat 595 abarth. The twin air turbo has the same power as the old uno turbo that was a straight swap and is smaller and lighter. While the abarths go from 160-200 from a 1.4 that is a pretty straight swap.

Sort of annoys me as I took ages to find a 2.0 masserati biturbo engine that makes 200bhp (on a good day) that would require alot of work to fit and by alot of work I mean the dallara level of making the car longer by adding more engine bay. Now there is an easier swap that is just engine mounts and can use stanadrd fiat ECU with a bit of wiring and nicking bits off a modern panda. Not even a need for a bigger water cooling radiator. The charge intercooler can even be in the engine day drawing air flow from under the car out the top of the engine.

EDIT: After more thought, can't sleep, think that it might be because it goes against what I was told by Guy Croft, and I could not attend his funeral due to Covid, then other covid funerals issues. So some latent anger/upset.