370z vs Supercharged E46 M3
 

This is not a which car is better/faster thread, I hate those. My friend asked if I would drop him off to pick up his M3. He just installed S/C, headers, springs, and BBK. Before he had the work done I was very unimpressed with the M3's performance. It didn't make power until 6k rpm. His car is goregous. Dark blue 05' with 22k miles. It achieved 400whp on a Mustang dyno before he installed the headers. We were both interested what the M3 could do with the supercharger. Only one way to find out. We decided to do a pull from 40mph. He decided to stop at a 100mph p***y lol. I expected him to run away from me. That wasn't the case at all. He ended up getting me by a car length.
I told him I didn't believe he was getting 400 to the wheels, which pissed him off and had him running to show me the sheet. 400whp should blow the doors off a stock Z imo. Thought i would share that with all of you. Hope you guys are having fun in your Z's.

Maybe the dyno might've been off, also the Z weighs a lot less than an M3 and is more aerodynamic. Now if you supercharge and 370z the M3 is screwed

400whp, 3500 lb M3 vs 280whp, 3200 lb 370z

he beat you by one car? I wouldn't get very excited, there is no way in hell he is making 400 to the wheels. Either that or the SC/headers/wheels added 1,000lbs to his car...

yeah something doesn't make sense here...supercharged M3 with 400whp should easily walk from a 370..real easily...haha

Something is up.

i think he got hoodwinked on his supercharger deal lol

Maybe it was an electric supercharger turbo combo.

maybe the M3 kept it in 1st gear?..haha.

why anyone would supercharge an M3 is what im wondering... the turbo kits for those make much much more power.

true...but superchargers seem really popular with the bimmer crowd...maybe its the instant boost?..no lag?...i dunno..

properly driven stock 6MT E46 M3 should be as fast as the 370z. Sooo.... you do the math. Driver of the M3 sucked a$$ MAYBE?

maybe the shop forgot to put the belt over the pulley?..hahah!

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This was a discussion I had with a bunch of guys at work. Apparently Bimmers love SC for some reason they can't describe. I tell them turbo's grant more power... they don't care. They love the SC for some reason. However, they would never wanna race in an SC Bimmer vs a TC Bimmer... Go figure lol :tup:

yeah i have a bimmer myself and superchargers are definately the 1st choice for force induction...