Lightning vs M3

[SVTman75]

Had a little run in with a M3 tonite. Looked newer. Had dual pipes on the back and wide rear tires.

He was pacing me on the interstate at around 75. I bumped the gas to see if he was game and he floored it. I did the same. I stopped his pull and that's how the race ended. He let out about 125ish and i just went on by. He may have been inchin me but i couldn't tell. I thought the big heavy truck did well for itself....

Not bad for my little 4lber and a tune. What do they run? This guy looked to be stock.

 

[drex]

:beer:Good run man, not bad for a farm truck to keep up with a sports car on the highway

 

[mustangmanjeff]

the old 1's run 14's-15's stock..

so depends what year m3, the 2000-2006 m3 has the 3.2 liter inline 6 cylinder 333hp n/a they tend to run mid to low 13's stock, the new m3 has the 4.0 v8 and they make 414 hp n/a stock and they run mid to high 12's stock.

 

[ford_racer]

Great kill.

 

[SVTman75]

This looks like the one i raced.

 

[Vegas Mach1]

That's the prior model e46 M3. The new E92/90's will give you a good run. But with your mods maybe not. The new ones run the 1/4 around mid 12's. But they are built for the track not the strip.

 

[burnzilla]

I ran a late 90's Manual 2Dr M3 a couple years ago when my LT1 was stock.... took'em by about 3-4 by 90mph but I didn't expect him to even hang with me. My car ran a 13.89 @ 99 stock, and I was pretty impressed that he even hung at all... I thought I was going to wax'em.

Good run. The newer ones get pretty nasty and the brand new M3's are real quick.

 

[ford_racer]

Friend's Cummins took out an E46 M3, but up in this altitude, cars tend to run about a second slower than down at sea level (see my sig for example). Good kill none the less.

 

[SVTman75]

Thanks, i was just happy that i gave him a run.

 

[colin450]

My brother has an '04 M3 and when I raced him in my stock '04 L he would beat me by 1-1.5 cars by the time we let out. It would probably get worse as the speed went higher.

 

[Zoie_daGT]

good run