Konrads Maximillian Frankenstein

[Kpeters]

Hey all first of all let me introduce myself. My name is Konrad I work for Maximillian Importing Company and I have 2 Euro BMW's a 730 78" and a 320/6 81" with 2.7 stroker engine. I'm new to 2002 ownership and want to share my project with all you guys receive feedback and suggestions from this great community.

The car is a 1970" 2002 with Tii bits on it...engine,brakes,etc. Looks like an old tii got trashed and they put the bits on this 70" I bought.

It's also got some 74" bits as you will notice from the pics.

I'm having trouble with the alternator,starter,wiring and kugelfischer pump atm. I will post more later on!

Also need to decide whether the car should be repainted in the original Colorado color or Baikal or any other 2002 color I like.

It's a tough road ahead for restoration but it'll be fun!

Great to be part of the 02" community.

Konrad.

Before Purchase:

Engine:

Got Rid of the Spoiler:

The 2.7 E21 giving a helping hand:

[Kpeters]

First on my project...

The car cranked real slow so I was afraid something was wrong with the engine. I took some time and pulled out the valve cover and turned the motor manually as well as check on the points, distribuitor cap, rotor, plugs,etc.

Dirty Distributor

Taking apart the valve cover:

[john1180]

Not a bad place to start! Nice car!

[Kpeters]

Thanks! Lot of bugs to take out but little by little we'll get there .

Can't wait to see it transformed into a beautiful restored 02.

[ray_]

Interesting euro look, with no side markers and the euro rear bumper.

Good luck with it!

Cheers,

Ray

[jgerock]

Hello Konrad. You have an interesting project. Looks like the distributor needs to be thoroughly cleaned and maybe rebuilt. I recommend you contact Jeff S. at www.advanceddistributors.com.

Any updates on Max's tii? Haven't seen an update to his project blog in a while.

[Kpeters]

Thanks all! The car is original European but it's been tinkered with a lot.

Great to have that distributor rebuild contact thanks a lot.

I have to remove the starter probably this weekend if I have a chance will keep posted!

[Jim_75Sahara]

Good Luck, Konrad! It will be less & less Frankenstein as you give it some attention. Keep us posted.

[Kpeters]

Thanks that's the idea! Today I had a big problem.

Turns out I took the car into the garage to start fixing it and a few days later I start noticing some spiders that resembled back widows.

Of course I freaked out and sent one to get analyzed and guess what? Black Widows! Real ones.

Now this morning I saw hundreds and I'm not joking even little black widow babies we tried to kill as much as we could but the car is a nest!

So tonight I had to town the car out on the street It was too dangerous having it close to the house since we even found one of the spiders in our bathroom.

I'm having the pest company spray all the car with whatever strong venom they have and leave it out on the street until all those vermins have died.

Anyway was a pretty good scare I wanted to share with you so in the meantime taking the starter off the engine is out of question!

Konrad.

[HarryPR]

That's scary!

BTW, does your E21 still have a carb, or did you switch to FI? I eventually want to do a 2.7 conversion to my Baur, but would like to maintain the simplicity of the carb fuel system.

[Kpeters]

It still has the carb! Idle is rough....but it pulls a lot and sounds like heaven. Feels like a lot more torque than FI ones I've rode on (E30) though.

Casting on my head is a 200 with slight port and polish.

[HarryPR]

Thanks for the info. I plan on keeping the 200 head currently on the car. I swapped the 4 barrel Solex for a Weber 38/38 kit from Redline. Hopefully, with some re-jetting, it will be enough for the 2.7.

[Kpeters]

Some more pics!

Preparing a carb (I know an old DIDTA) to see if I get it firing on all cylinders, made a carb out of 2:

Cleaning the kugelfischer a bit and found paint inside the outlets...ouch. I think it's a goner #2 cylinder won't fire at all.

And a little bit of polish in the old paint so it doesn't look that sad.

[roadhog0]

You can rebuild the pump, shouldnt be too hard since ya work for Max

[Kpeters]

that's what i would preffer to do but i need to see if it's viable cost wise since it's not only the pump that's neglected