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What your seeing looks right to me, given the circumstances.


They are hardly accelerating for more than 60mph... 40 to the top of 3rd, IIRC 102mph in an stock E46M3.
In both races, one of the cars even lets off before the top of that gear (E46 in the 1st run and E92M in the second due to traffic)

Also, there is a passenger. Some people don't take into account how much this affects things. Two of the same cars from my experience could be as far apart as 2-3 car lengths after a 40-120mph run if one had a passenger and one did not..
A 1/4 mile argument was made in terms of speed which was kind of mis-leading. If a stock E46 M3 can run 13.2@106, and a stock E92 M3 can do 12.6@114 regardless of end speed, the distance separating them, as distance is more a factor of time NOT end velocity (the acceleration velocity is not constant) is not going to be "8.5" car lengths... It will be more like 2-3+, and we have a passenger in the E92 M3 here

Also, even though it's not stated, it looks as if the E46 M3 took an ever so slight jump. Either that or it's strictly a gearing/peak torque advantage speed for the E46M. 40 is a gear speed to race from in an S54 powered car, that's right where it peaks torque.

Regardless after only 50mph of accelerating one could tell the E92 M3 was beginning to pull significantly and then they shut it down. The truth here is that the E92 is still a faster car, and much faster at triple digits but in "real world" applications at somewhat "acceptable" public road type speeds, the advantage can easily be watered down by a few factors.