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Old 09-02-2009, 02:16 PM   #40 (permalink)
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The M3 is a technological marvel but revs to 8300 not 9k rpm. He has a stick not a smg which is the way it should be. With a reflash the Z has an 8100 rpm limit so not that far off. Again I've seen dyno readouts of stock e92 m3s and full bolton Zs and they're very similar in how the power comes on. Both lack a little power low down but have a broad torque curve up until 6500-7k rpm (the advantage to the m3) but most impressive of all they have both have an impressive hp curve up until their fuel cutoffs. On the stock Z max hp comes on around 7k vs. the modded Z making power all the way to redline. Once I have a few thousand to screw around with I think I might surprise some people. I dont' think the Z's engine is nearly as good as the bmw's stock for stock but modded Z vs. stock m3, dyno sheets dont lie. I would not place the m3 anywhere near the gt-r though, it took gm to have to supercharge one of its v8's to outdo the gt-r while the base corvette beats the m3 hands down. With a reflash and exhaust on the gt-r I've seen 600 hp on youtube videos.
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