Betty the Black E21 BMW 320i

[Senor_Taylor]

Before I left for VIR, I did some more testing and confirmed both fuel pumps are dead and gone. It's really weird system with an in tank pump that actually doesn't do anything and most people delete, then an external high pressure pump like 2 feet away that then feeds a fuel "accumulator" which then goes through a fuel filter, then runs to the front of the vehicle to a fuel distribution block that feeds "injectors" that are nothing more than check valves. It's been really fun learning about how this old Jetronic fuel system works and it's pretty ingenious. Most of the parts will be here this week, but the current roadblock is the external pump to accumulator connection is a hard line that is corroded together. I took an impact to it and all that accomplished was knocking a hole in the line. These parts are NLA so either I may pull the trigger on ones from eBay or I'll try to fashion something from fuel line. For now, I'm going to clean it up and jb weld it.


Also, the engine in the E36 blew up at the track so my plans are kind of up in the air for now. Dave hooked me up with some seats from his 02 so I'll throw this in along with the e30 basket weaves he lent me and clean up the car maybe this weekend and take some photos.