Decisions...

Well i have this all important decision to make now that i've taken on restoring my car. What engine should i use? My regular 2.8 m30 sounds aggresive(in a good way) but just guzzles too much of fuel not to mention that it doesnt produce all that much power. To put it simply, its inefficient. This could be due to a number of factors...such as the fact that i have a 3speed auto gearbox...or that its a 2.8 beast with 300 000km on the clock.

To be honest i'm thinkin of doing away with it...and putting in something better...the common options are of course the 2.5 from an e34 or a 3.5 litre from a 7series...the latter being a little high maintainence as far as roadtax and fuel is concerned. The 2.5 litre looks like the best bet...if i go with bmw that is....

Japan seems to offer some high powered very effecient options it must be said. Namely the skyline(rb26) and supra(1jz) engines....the former is likely to cost a few times more than the value of the car so the logical choice would have to be the 1jz.

Now naturally, the purists would argue it would no longer be a bmw...some would even suggest that a move like that would defile the car and the very idea of what a beemer should be about. I wouldnt blame them and i am tempted to agree, however i can't seem to justify picking anything else due to the efficiency not to mention the mind blowing horsepower of the heart of a supra...the biggest factor of all has to be that it comes with a significantly lesser price tag.

So if i were to go down that road, i'd have a machine that looks like a beemer, handles like one but drives way better than any beemer of that era...well faster anyway....i guess that can't be all bad then.

I've actually had the opportunity to drive an e28 with a turbocharged nissan engine before and i have to say overall, the car felt pretty damn good.

So i really don't know which route to take....the logic says the jap engine is better...but the purist in me feels that i shouldnt mess with it....i guess like anything else...it comes down to cold hard cash...i'm sure that once i calculate the expenses of both options the choice will become more apparent.

Hmm decisions...