race him! people act like if you lose a race you get shot in the head. Have fun and when he talks trash that he beat you in a car that cost x2 as much as yours did, congratulate his checkbook on beating you.

 

lol i LOVE my car so does my G/F.. its jsut prom is a formal event and i think the BMW fits the situation better.. i ended up taking the MAch 1 tho.. he ended up having to use his car so yeah... i just love driving that car tho.. i like mine better.

 

I've always called it a "manu-matic". hehe

 

the m3 runnin low 12s was turbo'd, i would assume. a tricked out m5 MIGHT be able to do low 12s NA, but even then its a bit of a stretch without some drag-oriented suspension mods, which any true bmw fan would not touch

 

an e36 m3 will run low-mid 14s (14.2-14.5). an e46 m3 (333hp, the one we are discussing) will run 13.4-13.6, as mentioned. a 97 m3 is e36 for the record...

reaper--a good driver takes .25-.30 seconds to shift, not 1-2. an auto tranny generally shifts in .15ish seconds. an smg tranny can shift as quickly as .08 seconds

to whoever said m3's have great suspensions--yes they do, but not for drag racing. i have extensive experience beating on e36 m's and they launch horribly IMO. they wheel hop badly, and it is very difficult to launch on the threshhold of traction because they want to either bog or spin em off the line. on a road course they are DEADLY, esp with some minor mods. i am not familiar with thrashing on newer models though, so i can't say how the e46 would do off the line

 

ummm, how sure are you about that? 4:10's and slicks is a completely different monster.
it would be a VERY close race with 4:10's and slicks

 

bullit---it depends on when they "end" the race...with 4.10s and slicks there is no question about who will have the advantage off the line, but m's have very good top end

 

My friends mom just bought a brand new M3 and when I get my mustang I was going to race him in a month (ohh I cant wait). These are my planned mods to do to a 99 Cobra Convertible so do you think I could take an M3 with this setup. (and yah I know this set up will probably cost 13K or more):

1.) Stage 1 turbo kit form Turbo charged power.
2.) UP and TB
3.) Forged rotating assembly from CHP (maybe a stroker kit for 5.0L's I just would like to find out some more info on it first.)
4.) Tremec TKO 600 .64 overdrive
5.) Full exhaust with LT headers
6.) Control arms with chassis stiffening
7.) new seats and
and depending on how well this works I might get CNC P&P heads and a stage 3 cam

P.S.= I already have the money for the car but I am still in high school and my parents wont't let me get one if I don't have good grades before I buy one. (A's and B's)

 

what about the previous generation?

 

so if the E46 m3 runs a 13.4-13.6 i shouldnt be that far off right???