I was on E-bay the other day and i kept seeing these new small turbo engines. 1.4l turbo Holden Cruze., VW and i think Nissan.
Then i thought one of those would go nicely in my ke35. So i looked into it and it turns out the Cruze engine bolts up to a Isuzu rodeo gearbox.
https://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16446&start=60
There wold be plenty more to figure out but question is has anyone driven a cruise, and how would the engine go in a car 300-400 kg lighter?