Buy a V4 STI front cut with low K's, cost about 7ish, swap everything over & sell the leftovers for about 4-5 g, you'll get 4.44 box, VF24, STI tune, Forgies, Alloy control arms, 4 pots....you'll easily get 2g for your low K motor, 1.5 for the box bout 800 for the remaining pannels then there's the wiring harness etc etc etc, should leave you well over 5g to sort the handling etc.
You could do the entire swap in a weekend with a couple of knowledgeable mates & no dyno time needed to have a nice strong car.
No point pissing around with the stock motor & box because they'll only last half as long with big power gains.

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Beaten up old 98 Gen 2 Liberty, 13.0, stock V3 STI running gear.
07 Transit motor home
69 VF & 70 VG Valiants needing full restoration
Yamaha Zooma 50cc rocket hopefully going with the Transit.