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Originally Posted by d k
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Just the guy I need to talk to lol...
A 56 is a decent time on a 200tw..
Do you have data?
It would be awesome to do an overlay.
Im particularly interested in the acceleration out of tight corners like the off ramp and the ‘sweeper’ leading into the esses.
If you had the v8 in your 46, but the 46 weighed 3300 lbs, do you think it would be faster or slower than the 92?
Im trying to find some quantifiable way to compare the 92’s suspension from the 46.
And to expand on this more, I have the following comparison:
A Radical did a 6:47 at nordscleife.
An E36 M3 with stock power (supposedly) did a 7:17
Thats a hige head scratcher for me because the radical should be a minute faster lol.
Why is that🤔?
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Yeah I have data. It's AIM data so if you want I can find the laps and share them with you, or I can do a quick video of the lap comparison. I don't know if they're truly comparable that way. I suspect my E92's diff is very tired since I'm having issues coming out of corners just like Buttonhook that I don't remember ever having before; or maybe that's just a function of having driven the E46 there more recently.
It's hard to say since I haven't driven a lighter E92 what would be superior of the two. I have faster lap times in the E92 on slicks that I wasn't able to achieve on the E46 but a lot of that is just driver error, heh.
One thing to note that for these laps I have a passenger, she weighs about ~100 lbs and the seat/mounting/helmets and all probably add about 40-50lbs extra weight. That's on both cars.
There's something you should know about E46, is that they are much more fragile cars than the E92. There are a lot more glass jaws you have to address - VANOS, subframe, and yeah, rod bearings too. I think because of these fragility issues BMW probably overengineered the next car.