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Originally Posted by NeedleBanger
I dunno it kinda seems like it. This new M3 is just like all the other new stock turbo 6 cylinder cars - relies solely on the turbos & gotta make the car as light as humanly possible (money that used to be spent on bigger engine is now spent on weight reduction strategies) cause at the end of the day the 6 cylinder engine really ain't all that powerful. Been there done that before, V8 is better. It's a 4.0L V8 vs. twin turbo 3.0L i6, the two engines aren't even in the same category. Drop the turbos from the inline 6, you got nothing. Add the turbos to the V8, you got a freakshow.
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Drop the turbos from the inline 6 and you would probably have a 333hp NA engine instead of a 425hp engine. Sound familiar? Sound like an E46 M3 that everyone is praising? In it's day, it was thought to be a pretty good engine. My '71 Corvette had a 5.7 liter V8 with 300hp. Sooo what. Your right - that isn't even the same category.