waiting forthe new m3 from down the street to hurry up and break in his engine. The dealer told him 4000 mi before redlining it.

 

i drove my aunt's m5 today, seems pretty fast, no match for my 7 though, but it is nice to cruise around in a 400 hp bimmer...........

 

Wow 400 hp - at the wheels?? Seems hard to believe - the stock curve looks like it peaks at the stock flywheel rated 282 hp. Gordon, you're not challenging all FDs in the NE area - just the mild ones, right - I'll be up at KD on July 23rd getting some hybrid non-seq twins installed. Getting dynoed then on Aug 13th - Dave's pretty stoked about the upgraded NS twins since he's only done a few of them - I'll run you on the highway up there - your 540i that is..... ..you can leave your FD at home.

 

Nah, that's flywheel hp, probably around 340rwhp.

 

you mean 4000 miles before it comes apart all over the ground right?

mike

 

you are questioning the E46 M3's reliability, yet you have an FD. am i missing something here?

and dont bring up the engine falure subject, since that was only regarding cars that were build in a certain timeframe.

 

 

2002 M COUPE... it's all about power to weight ratio not so much the black and white. So far I've gotten my wife's car to a 12.75 @ 109mph. Now just imagine when I start going to a high flow system (Dinan). Oh don't tease me. I LOVE BOTH CARS, they have class, style and is one of kind.


see ya,

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