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Originally Posted by ilovewagons
I was wondering how much faster the M2 would be, so I did some googling.
BM F87 M2 - 7:58 BMW official
BMW E46 M3 + 24s Sport Auto
E92 M3 +7s Sport Auto
Obviously they will be very different drives but performance wise the M2 is on another planet, especially on a track. Remember when the E46 M3 came out (assuming most of the ppl on the forum were alive then)? Did you ever think that you could buy a car 24s a lap faster for less than it cost? Man, what will things look like 2 generations of cars from now?
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To be fair, much of that difference is tire technology.
As in, the CSL did a 7:50 (8 seconds faster than the M2, 30+ seconds faster than the e46 M3). It was faster than the standard M3 for 3 reasons:
Tires (first gen PSC1s (later gen psc1's got faster), which had similar grip to PSSs of today)
300 lbs lighter
17 hp more (insignificant)
The Hp difference probably accounted for one of those 30+ seconds. :P
The e46 M3 shipped with pilot sport 1's or conti sport contact 1s in 225 up front-- the same compound, in a SMALLER width than the e36 M3, when it launched.
So, those times aren't really at all reflective of what a healthy e46 M3, that has had its tires replaced in the last couple years, is capable of. None of which is to say the M2 isn't faster than the e46 M3; it absolutely is. Just, no where near as faster as those ring times would indicate.