Sounds like a good idea to me. You could probably pick up a Honda S2000 and get the same "feel".

I've got an old mid 00's BMW 525i behind shop you can have engine and transmission out of. It has the reliable 6 cylinder in it (I do not remember designation). It was brough to me years ago for a head gasket job. The guy could not afford the job and then he died. Been sitting there for a few years now.

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Jim