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Originally Posted by bruce.augenstein@comcast.
A roughly 15% difference in power to weight translates to a significant difference in acceleration - on the order of five percent or so. Road tests of the E46 showed quarter-mile times in the mid 13s at around 107-108 mph, while the E9X times are clustered in the mid-to-upper 12s, at 112-114 mph.
In a quarter mile, we're talking perhaps eight car lengths, with the V8 car basically loping away at the finish line.
Around these here parts, that's pretty much getting killed - or "leaps and bounds", if you prefer. 
Bruce |
Very few e46 m3s Ive every seen (owned 2 of them myself) trapped that high. Avg mag trap was about 105 and avg of real world strip is probably 103 mph. Most mags have the e9x m3 running avg of 112 mph and real world is about 110 mph from my experience. Either way, both substaniate a significant difference in favor of the e9x m3 by 6-8 lengths.
If the e9x can pull on a csl the way it did, no way a plain old e46 stands a chance.