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      06-28-2012, 12:04 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Nine View Post
I thought gearing was the biggest enemy of the Evo, I can't imagine how at speeds even a 350whp or 400whp could keep up with an M3 given no launch and the gearing advantage to the M3...
I was just looking at the #s... but on a top speed pull, even with the same power, the Evo will be even to about 100mph, then the M3 will pull faster at the top end. Gearing is very low on the Evo and the there is less power at redline than the M3 so eventually past 100+ the M3 will pull away. BUT, the Evo has no speed limiter at 150mph... I might have seen such a scenario before.
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