E36 Compact fuel tank into E30?

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BONNARSKI
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Post Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:03 pm

Wanting to know if anybody else has done this swap as i'm sick of my E30 drift slag fuel starving when my mate has a E36 and it never starves.

Anybody try this yet?
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Post Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:16 pm

Fit an external swirl pot, no point reinventing the wheel.
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Post Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:56 am

Thought on that dude but it's more the fact that your running a plastic tank instead of metal so if it gets hit or scrapped it will fare better than metal.

Plus no rust ( hopefully lol )

Another point is that i still have a full working interior in the car so no extra room for swirl pots and pumps plus the battery is in the spare wheel well with afew other wiring bits so no room in there either.

Nobody actually tried/done this?
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Post Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:04 am

Put more fuel in the tank ?
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Post Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:52 pm

Awwwww god, why did me no tink o tha?????????????

Funny boy, looking that is lol
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Post Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:39 pm

BONNARSKI wrote:Awwwww god, why did me no tink o tha?????????????

Funny boy, looking that is lol
Not as funny as your idea of fitting (correction, bodge) an e36 compact tank to the car :thumb:
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Post Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:32 am

How can an idea be a bodge as it is still only an idea.

If i had tried this idea and then asked why it wouldn't work then it may be classed as a bodge.

But anything negative coming from somebody like yourself means absolutely nothing and just reminds me why i stopped using this site as there is more people on here with stupid comments or put downs rather than anything that may help a fellow E30 owner.

You must be so proved of yourself funny man lol
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Post Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:59 pm

And we love you tramp drift scummers too :D