ah i getcha....
Not one to be a pecamist Andrew... but wont the money your spending on this only be adding value to the individuality and exclusiveness to the car rather then adding value come an eventual resale ? Understandable if you plan to keep it for ever, i have looked at a 2.1 conversion in the past and once my mrs has done the sums it seemed a bit pointless, yeah ill have a cracking S3.. very rare hatchback weapon, but selling and using the mod money to go up a class... 03 S4's etc, seemed more sensible int he long run..
I take my hat off to you though, gutsy and cant wait to see the finished product...
Gary