B33mEr;569813 said:
Define the word "keep up" pls
On a race track diesel have been proven to be able to keep up if not beat their petrol brethren, if you want proof kindly look at WTCC where the diesels have been winning races and even winning a championship for two consecutive years in the driver titles.
On twisty roads like ulu yam the 320d can give a very hard time to a 325i, ... and 390NM of torque the E9X chassis can certainly handle it if not BMW wouldn't even dream of releasing it to the public.
keep up... as in these FI cars are not able to pull away easily arnd SIC... boy i was shocked as well.
these car's r superior in the back n front straights and turn 9 up-hill due to massive torque n hp advantage.
once u hit turn 2 & 3, a superior handling car can close e gap n close up w these high powered FI cars until the back straights again.
of course i'm only referring to SIC design n the fact tt a 325 is able to remain in zone in most of the bends n corners. i played w a FD2R who took 2 laps to overtake me in e front straights n thereafter i was behind him for the rest of the laps.
wen we pitted he came over to say hi n asked abt my car setup, i said KW V3's and 19"s PS2 and lastly i showed him e BMW logo :rock: n i dink my power box helped me bit bit lar...
also managed to pull away from RX8 manuals and manage to keep up w
stock GTI, STI, RX7 and Evo7. (Evo X, just too fast somehow )
A 325i w right suspension n tire setup is able to WOT n flat out on most of the bends in SIC.
thus being in max torque n high rev range (ie 4.5k n above) on most area's arnd the track, dat's e only advantage.
whereas other FI monster have to content w throttle control & torque steer, traction problem, etc.
however in e hands of a very skilled driver, they will eat 325 for breakie, lunch n dinner.
i've also driven n been on track on EVO's n STI and understand how fast these car's r w e right driver.
but my related experience is with the typical Joe, in which most of the owner r anyway.
lastly bmw's r really boring on track if u dun turn on DTC but rev limiter is big turn off.
does not allow u to over rev n also downshift ie engine braking so u need to work e shifters hard.
so if u drive all out den its mostly above 4.5k most of e time n hard braking.
but w DSC off, walaueh... u need to be at least jeremy clarkson to drive it arnd e track... scary... dun try if not trained.
on twisty roads like uluyam, it's a matter of who's B!@#s is bigger.. make sense ahaha.
i think btwn a 325i n 320d, there really isnt much difference in terms of specs so skill wld come to play.
also 320d comes in 17"s n 325i in 18's, makes a difference in acceleration(320d) n also handling(325i).
pls dun ask me to race.. i have got nuthing to prove n i dun have BIG B!@#s coz i empty them often
lastly i lurve BMW's... :love: in all guises, models n specs.... "FR w BMW handling dymanics... drifting away in cloud 9".........................
