IT"S IN! - Holy fuck what a puzzle. Yeah its my first rover engine pull and replacement.
Lucky i had a couple of extra hands to help push twist and push.
Got the motor in, and proceeded to snug up the bolts to the bell housing. Got them torqued and then went to install the oil pan - Oh shit the front cross-member is in the way, and in attempting to get that off 2 of the bolts on the passenger side are "welded" in with rust or whatever - so that got cut off with a sawsall so it can be welded back together later.
Ok back to the oil pan - shit - now the bolt wont line up with the threads on the block - and as i have just put on the sealant, i now have to rush to UN-Torqe the engine to bell housing bolts - shake the motor a bit and it finally fit right.
Re-torqued the engine bolts to bell housing, got the motor mounts installed (though they need replacement near future), ran the wires to the injectors etc., then installed the combo-clusterfuck of the coil pack and plenum.
Tomorrow is the exhaust after i drill out the busted bolts and replace those, new cooling sys hoses, add some oil and coolant - then start her up.
The figure out how to remove the remaining part of the front crossmember so i can get it welded and re-attached.