mikeyrs

how much bhp does the e36 M3 have????
cheers

ballin

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286 bhp unless its the evo, in which case 320 bhp iirc (not 100% sure on evo)

JjCoDeX75

There are two types, the EVO and the non EVO

According to BMW, the Non EVO produced about 290 odd, and the EVO had about 320 odd.

Rumour has it that the BMW overstated the power of the EVO. Even if not, given that they are all older now, you prob wouldnt see more than I guess 310 odd from the EVOs

Even so - properly good cars imho

JJ

mikeyrs

so would give a stage one cos a good run then

JjCoDeX75

Should do...... Right up to the first bend!

JJ

crazycage

i killed one 3up in the fezz ,from 20 to 140 you should of seen his face ,dont no what one it was but it was a 54plate

Cawood

which one is the E36? they any good?

thinking of selling the cossie n getting one, on a about a k-plate,

better everyday car i reckon

topaz

iTrader: (1)

yep, then the cossie would blow up

Kelv

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Cawood
E30 was the origonal box'y left hand drive M3

Then they moved onto the E36 M3'S which would be the model you would get if you went for the K plate.

and then moved onto the E46 - which is the more recent model.

Andreas

Its not just about BHP, the cossie would have loads more of torque across most parts of the rev range.

crazycage

i think the E46 m3s only have 256ftlbs ,i could be wrong tho

Jim Galbally

yes andreas, but its not about torque all over the rev range as such, its about power all over the rev range... lol

i love mine, but its not the most exciting thing to drive ina straight line, power is delivered so very smoothly, you dont really feel like youre accelerating.

as for m3 vs cossie? i dont really care which is quicker, i'd rather be sitting in the m3

a LOT of car for the money, well worth a look!

ps if youre rich, get the e46 instead, better car in ever respect

Steven_RW

|I would love to see your cossie pass my m3 "at the first bend" lol

RW

rapidcossie

I had a non evo e36 and it would usually get going over 100 mph...

Remeber the non evos dont have a speed limiter and will run onto a genuine 165-170.

Aint no stage one cossie doing that.

Jim Galbally

steve, i think he mant it the other way round mate

and if he didn't?

FPMSL

silverfox999

ditto, i have an evo and sometimes you don't realise that you are actually getting a peg on, its so smooth and progressive!!

I would guess that it is about 300hp, not sure on the torque, it just feels very quick!!!

tabetha

The last four EVO m3's done on my freinds rollers recorded 301, 289, 291.
These were all running fine, and this is the norm I am told.
Top speed M3 going to win as he has better gearing, but cossie get there faster stage one IMO, I have killed afew M3 evo, very very close though up to 110/120, then I pull away, just!!!!
tabetha

POPEYE

my old stage1 would

Cawood

what do you reckons better the E36 or saff 4x4 overall?

dunno where to sell up n get one or not

Mike1

Drive them both and see?

POPEYE

m3
or an ss

Cawood

whats an SS?

POPEYE

its what i have

Cawood

come on spill the beans

is it a car or hitlers special army?

POPEYE

commodore 5.7 v8 ss ute ,chipped, mines pussy power at 284kw's though
just need headers, high flow cats and twin 2.5 and a touch up on the map and that should bring it up to around 310 to 315ish kws

Mike1

They're pretty tight on speeding there though aren't they Popeye?

POPEYE

yeah just a little lol
trouble is there no good roads where you can get it flat out like in the uk, well theres a couple but you run the risk of a copper being parked up late at night or early morning, and the drivers over here and fucking dickwits to do in the daytime lol

Cawood

ha quality, dont think i could afford the petrol tho

whats it like over there? u living there?

POPEYE

yeah coming up for a year now dude
yeah it sucks bigtime living next to the beach

Cawood

ha ha bet it does you shit

Mike1

Whereabouts?

POPEYE

i live in a place called narrabeen, which is on sydney's northern beaches

Mike1

Yep, know it, used to live in St.Ives

POPEYE

ah just down off mona vale road
we have friends at turrama ( spl )hornsby way and go thee quite a bit

POPEYE

ps, what the fook are you doing back there then lol?
dangerous reyland ( mike ) is over at the moment and i met up with last week at manly in ribs and rump for din dins and a few beers

Mike1

Yeah was actually at St Ives Chase - used to look across the valley to Turramurra

EIL132

Evos are totally reliant on services, sooo many people do not get the valve clearances done, as it's massive time over and above the normal hours of a service, however it is a critical part. They must run at least 98 ron or above and not be in motorway mode otherwise they will drop loads of power and most of these RR figures I see suggest they are run on shit fuel with shit services and have travelled miles at steady speed to get there. I saw a a guy filling up an Evo on Morrisons 95 ron These are highly tuned cars and are a million miles away from the 3.0 in terms of development and I have both and know what they do back to back. Keeping a 3.2 in tune cost serious money, most people simply cannot afford it and skimp. I've got reciepts for over 1.5k for a service!