I lost... for the first time... to an M3. we went from a 40 roll but we werent using horns so he actually dropped gears 1/2 sec before me because he was initiating the race. I dropped to 2cd immidiatly after he did but he still pulled away hard through second to 4 car legnths and just when he stopped pulling in third and I felt like i might reel him in, he let up. This exact process happened twice. i pulled up next to him at a light and asked him if he had anything done, he said nope. so i congratulated him and told me I had a nice car. turns out he used to work for ford in the internet advertising dept.

id actually like to add that I was eager to race an m3 because my buddy has a 97 cobra with 315 rwhp (18 more than me) and he said that he raced m3s all the time and never lost. does 18 rwhp make that huge of a difference ? if so, im buying a pully and getting a tune ASAP.

 

20 hp can make a SOTP difference, you lost to a respectable car though, those m3's get up and move, especially on top end.

 

don't sweat it. the whole trick to it was him getting that jump in a hard accellerating gear like 2nd. if you do the math you'll see the same thing happen between any 2 cars with the same PWR, gearing etc. either that or he was bs-ing about mods.

just think that euro-punk-yuppy probably already posted his "kill" over on the M3 forums.

 

Is the S281 supercharged?

 

yeah i was thinking the same thing?? im pretty sure it is (from other posts) and he said he'd change a pulley. how the hell are you only making that power with a sc 05. i see people makeing over 300whp with bolt ons and a tune. something has to be wrong. hopefully he gets spanked by a na one soon. 18whp won't make too big of a difference, but enough.

 

because it's not an 05 it is an 02.

 

i woulda thought that from a stop, you'd have maybe had him. hrmm. oh well.

 

What year was the M3. The newer one makes 333hp at the crank and weighs 3415 lbs (curb weight). I'm assuming that you're making about 360 weighing 3210 lbs. I think that you should have taken him easily.

 

Mach 1, yeah its the supercharged version.

Turbostang, its an 02, not an 05 -my car is rated 365 at the flywheel and I had it dynoed at 296.5 RWHP. Im doing a pully+tune very soon. do any of you know if buying a new driveshaft woulf reduce some friction in the drivetrain and free up some HP?

And Nanaki, yeah I should have had him from a stop; my buddy with a stock n/a bullit went neck and neck with one off the line. My gf is buying me 4:10s for christmas so hopefully I wont have to worry about this happeneing again

 

maybe you should get tires, instead of 4.10s. especially if you already spin like crazy, 4.10s are going to make that 10 times worse.