Gonna build a 190e Evo II clone, need help with picking engine to swap in

I’ve finally decided on my first actual big build and I’m gonna build an 190e Evo II clone like this one. I’ve worked on cars for a bit now but I’ve never done an engine or transmission swap. With that in mind which engine would you guys think would be ideal for a swap in terms of being able to put it in without a ton of modifications and fabricating to the car itself and whatever would be somewhat reliable with a decent power output. Preferably somewhere above 200-250hp. I’m definitely swapping in a manual tranny too but I just figured I’d try to find the matching one for whatever engine I choose. I’d also prefer to keep the engine and tranny German and my price limit for the engine and tranny would be about 3-4K which I understand isn’t a lot but for the kind of power I’m looking for it seems like a reasonable budget to me. Any and all suggestions are appreciated, I’m just trying to stay away from the typical swap builds because I want something a little different. Oh and before anyone suggests the 2.5l 16v engine from the original Evo II, I already looked into that and the cheapest engine I could find was $6,000 so I can’t afford it.