Only a few hours spent on the car today. However more than enough time to strip the battery and standard airbox out of the engine bay along with a huge amount of brackets and bits of plastic.
My plan was to mount the ECU flat on the battery tray/upper engine mount and the new airbox over the top of it with the battery moving to the boot.
With everything out we had a quick measure up and decided the easiest solution was to machine and fold the standard horizontal ECU mounting plate to fit the gearbox mount carrier/battery tray using the mounting point already present in the tray. The ECU mounting plate was folded on two corners which brace against existing webbing on the gearbox mount carrier and bolts into the carrier at three points. This wasn't a big job at all and once done the ECU bolted directly to the new plate with the standard mountings.
The battery positive cable needs breaking out further down the loom and the loom needs retaining with a rubber lined p-clip but it all fits with minimal messing about and its easily accessed if needs be. 
The battery is being replaced with a boot mounted Odyssey PC625. As such a simple power distribution block is being used to carry the standard positive cable and fuse box feed cable with the new feed from the boot mounted battery feeding them. As such minimal modification to the standard looms are required. The battery distribution block will be secured to the suspension turret via a riv nut or existing fixing point - it depends how I want it to sit and how much clearance I decide is required around it.
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