I fully realise. It most definitely had the 3.2L engine. All 240hp engines were 3.0L.
Keep in mind that an M3 is significantly heavier. I also failed to mention that he had around 100kg of stereo in his car. I don't exactly remember what speeds we ran, but I think we went from about 120kph to 190kph. If anything I think I was inching ahead.

I have Type R friends who raced a M3 coupe from a roll and lost by around 2 car lengths. This story has been verified by the owner of the M3 who happens to be the owner of our friendly local tyre shop and other s2000 friends. I am not sure what engine the M3 had but I think it was the 3.2.

Have a run I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

 

This was a 4 door m3. I have seen very few manual 4 doors! I hope you where joking when ya said e36 m3 manual coupes are slow! I have a video of a s2000 racing an e36 m3 coupe and the e36 m3 coupe beats the s2000 by at least two lengths.....but to be fair it looks like the s2000 blew his launch! I am pretty sure the one i raced was an auto and I think it was the Luxury edition!

Oh by the way I was not sQueezing!

 

Just to clarify a few things:

US DID get both the 2-door and the 4-door variants of the E36 M3.

US versions of E36 M3 were ALL having 240HP. There were two editions: a 3.0 liter one and a 3.2 liter one (I think '97+). Both had only 240HP.

 

Didn't the '95 3.0liter OBDI engine onlyc ome with 225hp stock? I think that's the case. They were way moe mod friendly engines though.

 

4 Door M3 were offered in the US in 97', and 98'

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xpander4
[B]Didn't the '95 3.0liter OBDI engine onlyc ome with 225hp stock?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cravnpup
[B]

All US E36 M3's were rated at 240hp stock.

 

thanks for the info ppl.
did the 4 door come out in europe as well?.
i always wondered why all u americans keep saying that the e36 m3 is slow and that an s2k would walk one when down here in oz the m3 would definetely take an s2k easily.

 

them europeans always get the better version (most of the time)

North American version are detuned , the reason is smog related I believed, that's why you can walk S2k in your stock e36 m3

 

Actually the European motor was entirely different. The North American motor (excepting Canada which got the Euro motor) was a tarted up version of the existing 3.0 and later 3.2 liter motor).

Some say this was because of the American preference for low down torque, others say it was to keep the costs down -- I figure it was probably a little of both.