Originally Posted by Andial951

LOL

But if your honest with yourself you will have to admit there is no way a stock 951 is going to beat an E46.......you are talking about the 333HP E46 right?

Originally Posted by whakiewes

E46 M3's are fast, especially at speed. I have driven essentially every BMW M model ever produced with the exception of the new M5/M6 and the M1. The cars progress substantially over the years, and while the E46 M3 only has 333hp, 270tq, its high 8000rpm redline gives it a hell of a highway pull. In my modded 968 (albeit probably only 205-210whp), I was pulling on to the highway in second and a 6-speed was behind me. By the time I was at 90-100 (end of 3rd), it was as silverbullit said, an easy 3 buslengths ahead. Keep in mind that I have stayed even with a stock STi, 350Z with an exhaust, pulled on a 14psi MR2T then stayed even at 16psi, and have played with numerous other cars. At 230whp, maybe 250whp, I have no doubt that the E46 M3 would have pulled, maybe not that much, but some. The new M5 would have been a slaughterfest, low 12's, high 11's factory. I have tried to toy with a new M5 on the highway and the owner just laughed and returned to his cell phone . The older E39 M5 isn't that terribly fast. An E46 M3 with a good driver can easily pull an older M5, infact I was there with an exhaust/intake/software/SSK M5 when it happened.