I actually found a site that I can get a remanufactured 318 for just over 1k. I'm willing to pay that much. And I've gotten some ideas from people to make it pretty damn fast (faster than my slant) and still maintain 25mpg.

I would have waaaay too much work on my hands doing it the other way and I don't really want to deal with all that! I couldn't deal with it to tell you the truth!