Hi,

Just my opinion here but since the previous owner painted it BMW white that could possibly be a head on collision with wanting to modify things.
It’s a well known thought that attaching anything on to a car that’s BMW related means you will need a loan to Bring More Wages.

Going to a cam just rearranges the breathing characteristics of the torque band output to where you think you got more.
But in reality, the variation just puts that power band in a place where you can play with it more with a foot that’s just below the seat where the wallet resides. Neither one of you are ending up fat and jolly for very long.

In early years it was about having cubic inches under the hood. Called muscle cars not brain cars.
Then it went to cams and blowers, either super chargers or turbos until one woke up to the prices of gasoline ⛽️ and tires that got a thinner profile, yet more expensive.
It’s just now finally getting around to how many gears.
Last I heard that was nine or ten automatically.
Imagine the position confusions, let alone any sub levers.
Muscle car people were not up for that kind of engineering of automatics in those days.

So with all that said, I recently was told that the 240’s have climbed or jump up in $ demands.
Apparently our cars are the last of the RWD with an area large enough bay to put big engines into.
The person I was speaking with has a 1977 that he is putting in a Chevy corvette LS engine.
He asked about my 1984 and if I had any two door cars. Just my 1978 GT and his eyes brightened.
He also said the shortage is worse in Europe and the Swedes will but any car with less rust!
It’s a split red block world out there between stock, modified or just to have a “sleepy body” for cubic inches.

For some people in the newer generation money doesn’t mean much if they want!
Just remember if they don’t like your personal modifications they don’t buy it.
This is where stock wins in the long run with various values abound.

A Stainless Steel exhaust, sport or not is an investment as well but it gets hidden within a total package and a bigger engine kicks it down the road too.


Enjoy your new TOY with glee!

Phil