Thanks for the kind sentiments. I'm not goint to give up!! 
I've ordered a few bits recently which have arrived and opened up new work faces.

I've ordered a few bits recently which have arrived and opened up new work faces.
- Procured the steel angle which will make up the left hand side engine mount. Going to work on this tomorrow and the weekend. Very keen to get this done so I can remove the gearbox and test fit the flywheel.
- The injector test unit has arrived.
- The fuel injector rebuild kit has arrived.
- Stainless tig wire and some 1.75" stainless tubing has arrived so I can "practice" welding up headers. Already have the laser cut flanges.
- I have also (possibly) identified an off the shelf flywheel from a different vehicle which will probably fit. Its from a Ford Mk3 Mondeo V6 and has the exactly same crank nose mounting arrangement as the Volvo B8444s V8. Its arriving today and if it works out could help me avoid an eye watering custom flywheel bill.