Okie Dokie,
Got under the Mini on friday and started getting everything in place. after much swearing and not much skin on my knucles anymore, the bracket was installed and everything mounted ok.. Well when I say OK, I mean that it nearly worked 
I had to "massage" the the tunnel slightly to accomodate the new remote box, but that was ok. When I drilled the holes for the bracket, the back one matches up with where it would have been in the old shell, but the other two holes seem to go under the cross member. They look like they are about 1/2" - 1" further back than they should be. So I've left that for now, not wanting to drill any extra holes. I had a look at the motor to make sure everything was ok, and now the steady bars dont line up. It's like the whole motor assembly is sitting about 1/2" - 1" closer to the firewall than it should be.
Obviously I didnt notice this before because I didn't have the remote section on the box pusing up against the tunnel so there was enough play in the mounts to get the steadys to line up. Now I dont even think I'll be able to get an airfilter on the carby it's that close. So what have I done wrong? Do the engine mounts change between Hydro and Dry subframes? Has my engine bay developed some kind of Dr Who/Tardis issue where the inside space doesn't correlate to the outside size? Are the crossmembers different widths or positions (I forgot to measure this while I was swearing at random things in the shed)?
Anyone got any ideas?
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