Scratch one E36 Dinan M3...
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Approaching the onramp to the 13 North in the Oakland Hills I came up on a convertible E36 Dinan M3. We were both entering the on-ramp at the same time and when he saw me and in his rear view he immediately hit it. I was a two car lengths behind him, I was in 2nd and I hit it as well. I ever so slowly crept to the nose being 1 1/2 car lengths back at the end of second...hit third, moved one lane to the right and by the end of third my nose was at his door (one of the cool things was when he shifted from third to fourth I was only at about 7200 rpm and began pulling really strong on him. It is a cool feeling to see the other guy shift and know you still got 1800 more to go). By half way through 4th I was 3/4 ahead and he started to back off.
I was once again pleasantly surprised at the stook. Despite the fact that he had his top up and mine was down, I was pulling harder the deeper I got into 4th. Might have been a bit different around 1/2 way through 5th.
The only bad part about this was the fact that the guy wouldn't acknowledge me and pulled a "sore-loser" move by buzzing me at a high rate of speed about 2 minutes later. Oh well...at-least I had fun.
I was once again pleasantly surprised at the stook. Despite the fact that he had his top up and mine was down, I was pulling harder the deeper I got into 4th. Might have been a bit different around 1/2 way through 5th.
The only bad part about this was the fact that the guy wouldn't acknowledge me and pulled a "sore-loser" move by buzzing me at a high rate of speed about 2 minutes later. Oh well...at-least I had fun.
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wow, anything dinan is pretty quick.
You should try to race the dinan M coupes, now those are REAL quick, supercharged
This same one I saw in my magazine came into my work, I was stoked.
You should try to race the dinan M coupes, now those are REAL quick, supercharged
This same one I saw in my magazine came into my work, I was stoked.
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Originally posted by integrate
wow, anything dinan is pretty quick.
wow, anything dinan is pretty quick.
You should try to race the dinan M coupes, now those are REAL quick, supercharged
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Originally posted by integrate
wow, anything dinan is pretty quick.
wow, anything dinan is pretty quick.
To be a Dinan, you have to add enough Dinan parts. A supercharger is not needed, nor is any motor related part.
On E36 M3's 96-99 the best you can get is about 15 hp with stuff Dinan sells, w/o resorting to a blower, despite anything printed to the contrary on their website.
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Originally posted by Sev
Wait a minute, E36 M3s didn't come convertible here, are you sure it wasn't a re-badged 328?????
Wait a minute, E36 M3s didn't come convertible here, are you sure it wasn't a re-badged 328?????
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The Bimmer driver is a Stooker-hater.
If Humana was at 7200rpm in 3rd in the story when the Bimmer guy shifted to 4th, he's probably going ~85mph? So the M car was somewhere close to that, but far from your being able to hit 100mph "easy" in 3rd gear.
What are the top speeds for each gear on your BMW? Which BMW?
If Humana was at 7200rpm in 3rd in the story when the Bimmer guy shifted to 4th, he's probably going ~85mph? So the M car was somewhere close to that, but far from your being able to hit 100mph "easy" in 3rd gear.
What are the top speeds for each gear on your BMW? Which BMW?
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WELL I AM NOT SURE, BUT THE LAST TIME I RACED A MUSTANG GT I WAS GOING 100MPH BEFORE I SHIFTED TO 4TH. I USUALLY REDLINE ON EVERY GEAR. THE ONLY MODS I GOT IN IT WAS A CAI,MOD CHIP AND EXHAUST FROM ACTIVE AUTOWERKE. HOW FAST CAN A S2K GO B4 REDLINE ON 3RD???