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charbel
12-02-2007, 08:30 PM
so today was my day off. i had removed the drive shaft and gaz tank out of my green bmw and i cleaned it all up from the inside so i know what is going on.
i wanna buy a fuel tank for it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/19-GAL-RCI-FUEL-CELL-TANK-ALUMINUM-NHRA-GAS-STREET-ROD_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33556QQihZ004QQitem Z140179426944QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

will this work if i got it?
it will be put inside the trunk. do i need to add anything on it if i buy it? or i can just hook the fuel pump and it will work? never use something like this before
your opinion realy help. thanks.

wayfast
12-02-2007, 09:19 PM
this might help you some http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754935

DrewDude320i
12-02-2007, 09:26 PM
putting it in the trunk seems like it'd push up the center of gravity pretty high.

busemans
12-02-2007, 09:33 PM
that is something tto consider, weight transfer from weight being moved up high.

charbel
12-02-2007, 09:33 PM
putting it in the trunk seems like it'd push up the center of gravity pretty high.

that is the point. the 745i engine i need i use to put 2 fuel pump on it. this way i only i have to use one fuel pump.

busemans
12-02-2007, 09:35 PM
your putting a bmw v8 in your e21? wow, drag car for sure

charbel
12-02-2007, 09:38 PM
your putting a bmw v8 in your e21? wow, drag car for sure

it is not v8
it is a ligne up 6 cylinder with the turbo in it.
i am working on this car forever
i realy haven'y had a chance to work on it that much, every time i want to do something on it. one of my cars deicde to break.

busemans
12-02-2007, 09:41 PM
a 745 had an i6? wow. all the x4x models i have sen are v8s. i've only seen late 80s and 90s models though

charbel
12-02-2007, 09:59 PM
this car was 1986 i think.

that is the car after and the e21.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/ebay1000.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/charbel009.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/ebay1030.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/ebay736.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/ebay017.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/ebay011.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/l_674ebf179d6ca08fc62e68cd3ec7d286.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y235/charboula/l_edf721ab0567fd6de816f21722d2c206.jpg

ProjectP
12-02-2007, 10:35 PM
The 745i he had is an e23, 80s. They were euro cars with turbo m30 inline sixs

jimdemonic
12-02-2007, 11:03 PM
with the turbo mods. pushed it up to a 4.5 ......I think.something like that. I love those cars. e23 745i had buffalo hide interior. the car was made for the south African market.

asubimmer
12-02-2007, 11:08 PM
wow that car is gonna handle like a pig w/ that motor. Go ahead and put the gas tank any place you want cause that car isn't going to make it around any corners anyway...

wayfast
12-02-2007, 11:14 PM
he knows how it will handle, this is his 2nd or 3rd e21 with this engine

charbel
12-02-2007, 11:15 PM
wow that car is gonna handle like a pig w/ that motor. Go ahead and put the gas tank any place you want cause that car isn't going to make it around any corners anyway...

lol
it might be true. still depend who is driving. i think i will be able to handle it.

charbel
12-02-2007, 11:18 PM
he knows how it will handle, this is his 2nd or 3rd e21 with this engine
:alright someone got my back

you will be surprise to see the way i drive. :devillook

Kingoftarmac
12-02-2007, 11:54 PM
Jesus fuckin christ, Thats all I can say, besides when are you able to use all the power? oh wait a track never mind!!!

Madhatter
12-03-2007, 12:34 AM
with the turbo mods. pushed it up to a 4.5 ......I think.something like that. I love those cars. e23 745i had buffalo hide interior. the car was made for the south African market.

no it wasnt, the south africans got an "M745i", their 745i had a M88 in it like the M5. Hand built just like the E28, only made a few hundred of them. The turbo models like this were for north american and european markets.

Big John
12-03-2007, 12:46 AM
i would say... you may be going sideways alot charbel... should invest in some tyre company shares... hehehe

charbel
12-03-2007, 05:27 AM
it is realy pain in the ass to work on the car yourself. if i have someone to just hand me tools will be awsome. you know how it is when you have to go up and down under the car or walk around the guarage to look for your tools because you have more then one project car and the tools all over the place.
i will spend 4 hours in the guarage, 3 of them looking for tools and like one hour work on the car, that is why i just wanna get the orange car running to get it out my way, so i can have my stuff all together and the work will be faster on the car.
anyone wanna give me a hand? i will pay money too??:devillook

Layne
12-03-2007, 09:44 AM
745i's were not made for the north american market. Everyone one of them here was privatly imported, but there's alot of them since it was the top of the line. The 745i built in south africa had the M88 for comparable power because the turbo car could not be built in right hand drive.

busemans
12-03-2007, 09:14 PM
dude, all i know is that that is the freaking bomb. that damn 745 would be a daily driver for my wife if i had it. she likes the speed because then she can stomp her brothers light to light and i like that its a 7 series so the kids fall asleep by the end of the driveway