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Does the swap require custom engine mounts??

Hello, I recently picked up a 88 GL Wagon with the body in pretty good shape. I want to do an engine swap next year to give it a little more power! I would like to make it have some offroad and "rally" potential so I can chase my friends trucks around in the bush. My questions is, which engine swaps are possible with the least amount of modification??

I recently picked up an 88 Loyale GL non turbo. It was running great the first few days, then we had a few really warm days and the temperature guage began rising. One day it rose really fast and by the time I pulled over, I opened my hood and the coolant was boiling in the reservoir. I replaced the thermostat, cap, and picked up another rad/fan. When I went to replace the rad, I investigated the current electric fan, and realized it was connected to a switch in the interior that I must turn on myself :-\ After turning on the fan (low and behold) it quit overheating. Now I have noticed that on cold starts, the oil pressure is quite high (3/4 of the meter) and if I try to drive right away, the engine sorta of lugs around 2000 rpm, after driving a bit, the meter goes back to the center position and no more lugging. But when I'm idling, the oil pressure gauge drops close to the bottom of the gauge. Now, I thought maybe the oil was just really really old, or maybe it got broken down when the engine overheated. So I changed my oil. When I drained the oil, it was kind of light brown (sort of chocolate milky, coolant?) but on my hands still felt very oily and was black. Two days after I checked the oil on my dipstick and it was still at the same level as I filled it and looked very clean. If there was coolant getting in to the oil, how long should it take before it turns in to chocolate milk again? And do these symptoms sound like a bad head gasket? Opinions will be greatly appreciated, I'm a student and work nearly full-time, I don't have much money/time, so any possible alternatives would be helpful too