Man, you guys rock... ...and thanks for helping me with my (currently) embarrassing engine bay.
Alright, a couple more questions...
1) Fuel pump - sounds like I'm acquiring a Carter 4070. I then place female spade receivers on the ends, and plug it into where the old relay mess plugged into? Or where does it get it's power? Pictures of an installed one would be super helpful.
Read my link here about the Carter pump and the fuel pump controller among other install issues.
http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11517
2) Fuel pressure regulator - sounds like there are mixed responses on this. I think I'll put one inline, and see how it works. If I can truly remove it, then awesome, I will. That said, what pressure regular (brand & part #) should I acquire?
Your existing one is fine, it's a Holley, right? Just check the model number, you want the 0-4 psi model 12-804. You'll need a fuel pressure gauge (smaller gauge is better mine is 0-8lbs or something). Hook that up temporarily between the front 2 carbs then remove when set (or leave it but I prefer it out of there). I have both the filter and the regulator hidden in the spare tire well:
I have the line from the tank going to the filter then down to the pump then back to the regulator then up to the carbs through the existing metal pipe on the tank side. You want the filter in front of the pump to prevent debris from chewing up the pump.
3) Fuel filter - thanks for the options. I just put the larger canister BMW filter on my 635csi (which was mounted in the passenger rear wheel well).
I would put this between the tank and pump as noted above
4) Crossbar linkage. I couldn't agree more Stevehose & Ohmess. Mine looks (and operates) a little hokey (for my liking). What one do you have (part #'s), and does it mount right up to the Korman manifold? And does it come with a ball to snap the cars' original throttle linkage up to?
Ohmess can help here, he would have similar linkage as I have different manifold and carbs, all available at Pierce.
I bought a new starter (since it's right there AND ACCESSIBLE), so that's going in. Turns out that my points have gouge in them, so I'm going to replace those (and the condenser), so that when I adjust the timing 35-degrees, it's accurate).
Consider the 123ignition distributor, ideal for Webers and no more points and condensor. Makes a big difference.
Alright, I look forward to responses to the above, and I will continue to post pictures of the install as I go. I've got a month to get this all squared away and running again, so that's my deadline.
You have a lot of work to do! Where did you get the carbs, and what size idle and main jet components do they have?