how does a new M3 stack up?
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Originally Posted by bjohnston,Dec 12 2007, 10:20 AM
I'm amazed at how quick a 3.8l, n.a., 6-cyl., 355 h.p. 911 S is. How'd they do THAT? All in all, we car enthusiasts seem to obsess a bit much over numbers (and badge stereotypes, for that matter), IMO. Buy what you like best and enjoy. If you're competing on a track, well, that's a different matter, I suppose.
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Originally Posted by overst33r,Dec 12 2007, 07:54 PM
Weight distribution.
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Originally Posted by overst33r,Dec 12 2007, 03:39 PM
The evo has very high drivetrain loss, the Porsche by contrast has very little, but still manages a similar launch. Besides 9.6s is not a very long time for a traction limited V8 to recover its poor launch. If you lined the 2 cars up side by side on a roll, the 400hp V8 will most certainly pull and keep pulling. Porsche's have always been very fast 0-100 mostly because of the weight distribution. At least that's how I see it.
so, id venture to say that, there is no car on earth with 355 HP or less, that will pull harder...
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From the Nov. Top Gear - nice to see there's more to a car than acceleration times.
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[QUOTE=Chris S,Dec 12 2007, 09:08 PM] However - and this is a point that need stressing - the fact that the M3 has four seats, does not make it exempt from a Porsche shaped shafting. Everyone needs to dismiss the notion that this thing is practical. Those rear seats won
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Originally Posted by Iceman1,Dec 13 2007, 09:42 AM
the M3's V8 is more technologically refined, in mechanics and tuning... have you looked at its torque curve? that things flatter than anything remotely resembling a 400+ HP 4 liter engine...
And this is the RS4 power & torque. To me it looks like the RS4's 4.2 has more torque all the way up to 7k, after which the M3 pulls ahead.
