ouch to hurting the leg.
hope your slushbox holds up. I know the ZF trannies that BMW use are not the strongest out there. with that many miles on it i would not count on getting a whole lot of track days out of it.
i used ot own a 95 e36 328i with VANOS on the intake side. nice car. i really miss it. M3 motor is nice. I almost bought one before i got my 328. wife did not like red cars and my dumbass said ok i wont get it. passed up a sweet deal. doh.