Originally posted by hoveringuy
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I installed the VW surge tank in our 87 325i sedan after a Corvette almost ran me over due to fuel starvation on the fastest right hander at Willow Springs. It was absolutely terrifying and I thought for sure that I was going to be the cause of a 100 mph crash. We put almost 200k miles on this car and never experienced fuel starvation once, until hpde's.
It has been over 3000 track miles with no fuel starvation since the plastic external surge tank was installed down by the filter, and I have purchased another of the same type of surge tank from a r3v forum member for our 87 325is that should be at the track next year. For me it is a safety issue, if you are tracking your car you need to know about this prior to sphincter pucker.
The car does not burn through fuel pumps, however the low pressure intank pump is kinda spendy when it does go so it would be nice to have an alternative for that.
I use just over a quarter tank of fuel per 20 minute session with our stock S52 e30.
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