I got a 3.0 e36 M3, never raced a evo but can tell you all that its 286bhp, reliable, nice to drive, sounds A1, and still cuts it these days with the big boys.

I have my 5 door which I am thinking of parting in for a Cosworth (Escort) but its such a nice reliable car (that keeps the rust at bay) not sure I want to go down the route of non reliable older rust prone car... Had that with my old S2