American V-8 Mopar motor replace BMW Series 7 Endless Repair Nightmare engine?

According to many owners and their mechanics the BMW 7 Series sucks *ss! So why not just drop in a 383? Electric %26 computer could be yanked and rewired...Too much hassle for a car with 100K pricetag? Better than leaving it in the garage to rot? Nice looking car some with a V-12! That keeps breaking down! Amazed at all the complaints online but no response from BMW...Guess if you got 100+K to spend on a motor vehicle you've got lots more to get another?! But is the engine swap possible? Thanks for your input!

American V-8 Mopar motor replace BMW Series 7 Endless Repair Nightmare engine?agv

It's possible, but it would be a custom job. No kits are going to be available, but take heart, hot rod shops do these custom jobs all the time. The thing that concerns me though is the legality of it. The car would in no way shape or form pass smog, plus a mopar 383 wouild be a bad choice. If I were you, I would use a Chevy LT1 or LS1 motor out of a late model Camero or corvette, these can be had used with lowish miles (sub 50K) for about $2500. you will need to swap the tranmission with it also, as no way the BMW trans is gonna bolt up.

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/

Example, this one has a little high miles, but you get the idea

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/5115...

A hot rod shop localy could fabricate the needed mounts and what ever else is needed, and you could take it to a chevy dealer if it needed work, these are common motors. hot rod shop would probably charge in the neighborhood of 2500? for the swap, just a guestamit, but probably close, plus the cos of the motor,, looking in the neighborhood of about 5-6k, all done. probably pass somg too, if the mech doesn't open the hood : )