A friend of mine just bought a 96' M3 with low mileage for a ton of cash. He thinks it's really fast . He actually wants to race me in my Trans Am. LOL!!!!! All my friends tell him he's nuts. He asked me the other day to race and I asked him " What for??"

I went for a ride in it and was not impressed with it, but the fact that it's a 6 cylinder is cool.

I hear they run mid 14's is that about right???

I just want to know how many car lengths I can give him at the start and not wind up losing.

 

I believe these had 240hp unless my memory fails me. I bootkicked one pretty hard with my Z from like a 40 mph roll, nothing fancy. What are you packin', a 330hp Vortec HO? You'll whoop him good... Now the newer 330hp M3 models run pretty hard from what I understand, low 13s supposedly...

 

LOL!!!! he wants a piece of my 95' Trans Am!!!!!

The Vortec headed motor from the Rs is out and sold. Got $1,000 for it. A mean 355 is on the way.

 

Go race him tomorrow- loser buys lunch.

 

hed be a good race for my car, waste em

 

Race him..you'll destroy him
Tell him to put his money where his mouth is....if you want some extra change

 

I raced one of them a while back...it was a really close race because I didnt know we were racing until about 15 and I was stuck in 2nd. Dude still couldn't keep up even though he was trying as hard as he could...and I dont think his car was stock, had some rims and a loud exhaust. So Id give him about a car off the line and then embarras him...let him think hes winning and come walkin past when he shifts. oh and btw watch out if hes got even a few mods, ive seen a few bolt-ons running in the low 13s even high12s at the track..

 

i ran a 96 once when i was bone stock and crushed him by bout 4 cars. i say their low 15s.

you'll kick his ***.

 

A stock e36 m3 will beat a stock GTA easy........Stock the m3 has 321hp.... here in europe anyway (high 13 car stock) With my mods i can run almost even with them.......

But they have the adventage
Newer car
Six speed
lighter
more hp

so think our cars are pretty good.........

 

I assume you are talking about the new style M3's which just recently came out. Yeah they are fast.

Faster than high 13's, low 13's and a possible high12 from a factory freak.

E36???? Are those the new ones????

 

No the e36 is -93 to -97 m3 the new ones are e46 with 343hp...

 

We got a detuned low-po version over here until just recently...

 

M3s, to this date, are slow and break easily.

 

In the mid 90s (97?) I read a Motor Trend, Car and Driver or Road and Track ( can't remember). They voted the M3 best handling car in the world. !!! Not sure if I agree there but I'd drive one. I think they ran a 0-60 in the low 6s and a mid 14 quarter. The new ones are about 4.8 0-60 and low 13s quarter.

We got the detuned version for emissions requirements