VVC or not VVC!

My other half blew up my mgtf 160 engine. Can I put a standard 1800 k series engine in? Does it need a complete loom or just the jungle in the engine compartment, if I choose to go in that direction? Has any one got a 1800 VVC going spare?

from the last news http://ift.tt/1BfhAiu

via IFTTT