E30 S50 vs. Z4 MCoupe

[mazur]

My mods:
Supersprint replica headers
2.5'' single pipe header back
3.5'' HFM
24# inj.
Stickley chip
JB Racing 10# LTW flywheel
3.73 LSD (stock on E30)

Also CF hood, a/c removed, and 50#'s of tar removed from trunk

His car/mods:

Full Supersprint exhaust
EvoSport tune
something else I think

Dynoed 302rwhp on Dynamics Dyno (not shoot out mode, I believe it reads on par with Mustang dynos)



I heading to the dealer to pick up some parts. I was sitting 1st in line at an intersection. I hear exhaust behind me and see a nice MCoupe. He flashes his high beams at me letting me know he want to race me.

I get excited because I've wanted to race something with an S54. Well light turns green and I slowly start so that we can be rolling. At 10 mph I gun it and I hear him follow suit behind me. I winding through the gears and I'm looking in my mirror and neither one of us were gaining on the other! We shut it down just north of 90mph, the whole time being DEAD even.

I get on the brakes and pull into the dealer and he follows me in. He comes out the car laughing with a big grin on his face. "I can't believe we were dead even, I was giving my car all it had. What do you got in there?"

So we talk and I find out about his car and such. Cool guy, ended up speaking to him for 4 hours, lol.


*And please no BS flags, this guy is a race car driver for BMW North Scottsdale...I'm sure the guy knows how to handle a shifter*

I believe it's the gearing that helped me the most, along with being lighter obviously (curb weight for those things is 3296#'s). He also has 19'' BBS rims which look heavier than stock.

[e30 gangsta]

nice

[e30polak]

hell ya baby!:woowoo:

[Borat]

If it was 2000 or earlier it would only have had an S52, but still cool.

[Teaguer]

If it was 2000 or earlier it would only have had an S52, but still cool.

Z4 .

[Van Westervelt]

I toyed with a couple e46's when I first go mine done, had roughly a car length on them by 75. I loved the look on their faces. :)

Now dont street race! :P and this line cracks me up, and sounds so ghey, "I hear exhaust behind me and see a nice MCoupe. He flashes his high beams at me letting me know he want to race me."

LOL

[matt]

That sounds about right. Your 3.73 helped a lot.

My car is faster than e36 M3s, and it's just a mostly stock 2.5l.

[1990m3]

good run. I don't really do that stuff on the street anymore but at the track my s50 e30 pulled on a Z4 MCoupe. The driver came up to me afterwards and said I pulled him down every straight, it was pretty cool. My POS franken-e30 pulling with a 330hp modern coupe. It was one of the best compliments my car has ever gotten :)

[gobuffs]

Z4 M coupe not available with SMG.

[BingM3]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=a0-L9bZGaWI&mode=related&search=

Old vid but see what an S50 can do for you!!! I almost have an identical set-up minus the 24# injectors - car hauls ass!!! Raced an E46 M3 because he put his blinkers on as a sign of race and he could not get away!!! He did not look at me when I passed him - I wanted to wave but he was snobbish!

[Beej '86 325es]

that's pretty awesome. I still want a ZM4 though. :) Such a hot car.

[So Live]

Mazur what tranny you running?

Thats some great bragging rights!

[BingM3]

[QUOTE=mazur;843338]My mods:
Supersprint replica headers
2.5'' single pipe header back
3.5'' HFM
24# inj.
Stickley chip
JB Racing 10# LTW flywheel
3.73 LSD (stock on E30)

Got same set-up, minus 24# injectors and headers
Running TMS chip for my UUC 11.5 lb L/F and 540 HFM set-up
E34 M5 Clutch
3.25 LSD
Borla Exhaust, aftermarket Free Flow Cat

[SpecM]

Z4 M coupe not available with SMG.

+1. iirc

[mazur]

Sorry for the gay line. You probably just read it in a gay way, lol.


You guys are right about the SMG, I don't know why I thought that and just remembered myself hearing they don't come with them.