Hack-job or not, I'll give whoever did it props for the effort.
If I ever get the time necessary for such project, I'll show you guys how it's done right.
Longitudinally mounted rear-engine (8A80 perhaps), TT, w/AWD and a few other ideas. Ah, to have time. Of course by that point, 99% of the people here now will be long gone and I'll be puttering around this board by myself.
-JD