Originally Posted by Mike1
Originally Posted by cfoster
The E36 SMG's were shite! I had both a manual Evo M3 and an SMG M3 and the difference was immense. The Manual one I could get bouncing off the 155 speed limiter without a struggle whatsoever!!
Chris
Autocar's proper timed figures for the Top Speeds were exactly 155mph for the EVO SMG and 158mph for the manual EVO.
They also managed 162mph with the non Evo
That's what they achieved with proper timing gear on fairly new cars - not that those figures are set in stone for every example of that particular model. Individual cars, weather conditions, drivers etc vary - just shows a rough guide as to what that car can do.
Sounds about right as the Evo is limited at 157 and the non evo isn't. Also the Evo has the same gear ratios, but with a 6th gear so makes you wonder what it would top out at unresrticted