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      08-31-2014, 07:33 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by BimmerEngineer View Post
That's a reflection/glare on the hood. There's no lines for a hood bulge, just the standard 235 hood. Fenders are the same as the other white camo test mule, the thin vent in the front fenders looks covered for athstetics on the red car. The rockers are the same and the front end looks the same when comparing side shots. There's just a large European license plate in front blocking things. So there's nothing really different or new here, yet. I highly doubt this car will be under 3450 lbs. bigger brakes, bigger heavier tires, larger mufflers. That stuff adds weight. I'm sure it'll give the M4 a run. The 1M was nearly as fast as the M3.... But BMW better crank up the heat. The class is going to start leaving the 235 in the dust. CLA45 already smokes the 235, and the new $41k S3 Audi smokes the CLA45... Both the Audi S3 and CLA45 run 109-111 mph in the 1/4mi. while the 235 is still in the 105 mph zone, same as old 135. Unless the AWD 235 gets a bump in pwr to 330hp/335-340 tq to run to 60 mph in under 4.8 sec, the 235 will be the slow poke. The M3/4 needs a bump to 440-450hp and the M2 needs a solid 380 bhp. A simple tune puts the CLA45 into supercar acceleration territory from 0-60. The tune takes its 0-62 mph from 4.6 to 3.8 sec. (60 mph is 3.65 sec), and 1/4 mi goes down from 12.8@110 to 12.2@114-116 and that's just the stage 1 with 415 hp/395 tq. And if that were not enough, an Audi tuning buddy in FL told me a simple tune on the new S3 takes its 292hp/280tq upto 345hp//330tq. In a 3260-3300 lb sedan, he expects that 4.4 sec 0-60 to come down to a nice 3.6 sec, all for $600, on 91 octane. That's the Audi S3 stg 1... Stg 1.5 is a additional 15 hp/10 tq from a intercooler upgrade & no tune required. The Stg 2 is a small boost increase again, taking hp to 385hp/370tq.... This would put the S3 squarely in GT-R 2.9 sec 0-60 territory. The stg 2 can be installed for less than the price of a $46k M235 which I believe needs a proper name: 235is with M-package. So I'm giving BMW time to boil the ingredients and see what comes out, but that's it. If we can't get the AWD option of the 235 on the M2, I'm making the move to rings.
Oy vey....you're going to get hammered on this post. I'll sit back and watch from a distance
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