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I'd have no qualms about swapping in a used engine. N54's are very good motors, but everything around them fails. If you make sure you're putting in a known good set of turbos, do all the gaskets, injectors, etc. at the time of the swap I would highly expect you to have a great running car when you're done. Yes 8k is a lot of money to put into a car that's worth so little in comparison but that's why these cars are cheap. They're very pricy to fix so you pay less up front for a very nice car for the money. 87k miles is nothing; it's a sunk cost either way though. Personally, I'd rather have an 87k mile car that I had a good history of even if i had a lot of money invested into rather than sell it for pennies on the dollar with a blown engine and buy another one. Just me. Good luck!
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