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Old 08-19-2014, 03:43 PM   #1790
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Originally Posted by ja1217 View Post
Yeah, its Marc. He's a good guy and I don't really think he's cheating. He got a dyno re-class recently, which freed up the 7 points that the E36 M3 starts with, letting him run Hoosiers. He's going to nationals in September, so I'm sure he'll be compliance checked several times. I was like 3 seconds off his pace at NJMP Thunderbolt, but I think my gap there was more down to lack of track experience since it was my first time there.
7mph in that straight is a huge discrepancy. I'd attribute it to a better area under the curve. Remember, NASA classes by P/W, without AUC restrictions, so his car could be making 205whp for a 3000 RPM range (and yes, this is TOTALLY doable on a E36 M3), whereas you make your peak for just a moment.

Robispec and I speculated that on a NA car with hoosiers, 205 on 7.5" rims is probably fastest.
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