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In Reply to: Re: Euro engines... posted by Kyle Martin on December 01, 2000 at 16:47:02:
The roadtests printed so far in every magazine of the new M3 versus the old one talk about a huge seat-of-the-pants difference. Read Motor Trend. They're guessing a full second in the quarter mile of improvement. That is huge.
Does anyone know the quarter mile times for the Euro car? I'm guessing low 13's at about 107-109 mph.
Irv
I don't know why everyone gets into such a fuss over the euro engines. Even though the horspower number is so much higher, in everyday U.S. style driving, this power is not going to play a significant factor. Torque is more important in the way we drive here in the states.
On average days, no U.S. driver maintains a speed of more than 100mph for any extended period of time, so why the concern for that extra top-end grunt? It has been proven time and time again that a U.S. spec car should keep up with a euro spec car to approx. 80-100mph depending on the driver and that's when the extra hp and higher revs gives the euro car the advantage.
Don't get me wrong, I love the thought of six separate throttle bodies buzzing along at a brisk 7000rpm, but I don't think people really understand the benefit of this engine versus our "lowly" 240hp engines.
Just my $0.02 ;-)
Vishal
'97 Dinan S/Cd M3
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