Blown M44, need some info

[DueceMcCracken]

So I discovered my HG is blown.

I can replace the hg, which will suck. I've done honda HG's before so I have a pretty good idea of the labor involved plus the extra bull because it's a beamer, lol. The machine shop time and parts ordering will suck.

I can swap in another M44, but then I have to worry about it's condition plus swap all of my new parts onto it. Which will kinda suck.

The last option is to do a swap. I want to do a swap badly. If I'm going to pull my old motor I mine as well upgrade.

I'm currently tallying the total costs/involvement of each option.

I have limited funds, now I have no car, I'm kinda homeless as well. So my life is pretty beat as of right now.

My car is at my buddy's 2 car garage right now, which I rent half of it for my Shiznit. So I have all of the standard tools needed to do any of the three main options at my disposal. I do not own any BMW specialty tools for the HG.

So yeah...

Is the HG worth doing over a M44 swap?

If I'm doing a M44 swap should I just man up for a 6 cyl swap?

Wow. Those options jump quite a bit in price.

I just would hate to get f'ed again with a bad M44 motor.

I also would hate to open up my M44 to have it have some other parts needing immediate replacement before catastrophic failure.

The swap would fulfill my need for motorized wheels, and a bad ass TI.

I can get by right now with my bicycle. Which is going to suck, but I work nights so The summer temp won't affect me as much as if I worked days.

If I do the swap it would just be the swap. Maybe a clutch, motor mounts and tranny mounts. I would do the suspension and brakes at a later date.

How would you guys rate the labor/cost/bang for buck factor of each option.

I'm not looking for speeches or anything, I've had the roughest week of my short life so far.

I'm looking for people who have faced similar demons, acted against them and how happy their end results are.

Please feel free to elaborate.

Help me, please.