First, and I know this could be difficult - I can be an obsessive perfectionist sometimes - try to accept the gauge fogging, if it doesn't completely obscure it. This really is the type of thing you have to deal with in a Morgan. It is part of the character. Do you have to grease the suspension every 500mi on any other 50k car?
Second, the GDI engine is "poor" (let's be diplomatic) in the Plus 4 application (which uses a non-Ford ECU). However, it should at the very least pull linearly from 1500rpm to 4000rpm with wide open throttle and a smooth increase in power. Any drop-off or flat spot should definitely be fixed by warranty. But do not expect a top-tier engine even when working properly.
Third - run in... A huge can of worms. Honestly, I expect a 2.0 Ford engine could be thrashed from day 1 with no particular ill effects. As a very broad-brush generalisation of a lot of anecdotal evidence, collective wisdom tends to be that a hard run in will give a sweeter and more powerful engine, a gentle run-in will give better longevity. I tend to go somewhere in between with my cars, but on one low-power hire car I thrashed hard from mile 10, the improvement in the engine over the next 2-300 miles was huge...
