Nismo VS New M3

Versa_Drifter · 05-16-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

The worst is when you get tailgated by kids in their skateboards...got such an ego...it's like, I'm trying to get to work, not street race here.

And then they go flying past you like they own the road.

they want to showoff to their friends about how fast they can go on their skatrboards. "Dude, i totally owned this car on the wayto school today, by the time i got here, he was like a mile away! "

m4a1mustang · 05-04-2012, 12:39 PM

I get picked on my M3s and the occasional Scion tC.

Red__Zed · 05-04-2012, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I get picked on my M3s and the occasional Scion tC.

I saw that one destroy you going up a hill.

m4a1mustang · 05-04-2012, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I saw that one destroy you going up a hill.

Yeah that was bad.

FrancoPhoto · 05-05-2012, 05:57 PM

I know the M is faster but based in the numbers they only have about 60 more HP . How bad could they really beat us ?

Look if I wanted an M I would have bought one .n
My daily is a 2011 frontier and I live it but I missed driving a sporty car.
My nismo stays in my garage and I only take it out when I feel like driving aggressive or showing off a car that is pretty rare.

I pull up next to Ms all the time and I get more attention because everyone has an M ...

I'm happy with the Z

But if I had to choose between the two as a daily I'd choose the M .

I feel like I own a track car. Rides real stiff and corners real well and not for nuttin but this car gets sideways like no ones business...

theDreamer · 05-04-2012, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I get picked on my M3s and the occasional Scion tC.

Damn tC, have to be careful with those guys, never know what they have overnighted from Japan this week.

Nikkolai · 05-04-2012, 12:44 PM

Speaking of Nismo, where the heck are the pictures of the 2013 models or whichever year has the new color rims?

theDreamer · 05-04-2012, 01:57 PM

m4a1mustang · 05-04-2012, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

_ace_ · 05-06-2012, 12:08 AM

And it weighs 3570 lbs:
E92 M3 put on a scale
vs 3300 or less:
Factory quoted weight verses reality?

Stock for stock they're faster on the straights and on a track, but they pull away gently rather than leaving the Z in the dust.

MacLean · 05-06-2012, 12:25 AM

The M3 will blow away a Nismo especially if your M3 has the 7 speed M Double Clutch Transmission along with the Dynamic Damper Control. You are comparing apples to oranges here. The Nismo & 370Z need to stick with the regular 1 & 3 Series, but could possibly hang with the 335i & 335is.

AsianJedi · 05-06-2012, 09:16 PM

Interesting thread guys! As a long time e46 M3 vert owner (and driver of many E46 M3 coupes and E9X M3s), I will tell you that you guys are respecting the roundel way to much. Remember the M3 coupe weighs 426 more lbs than the Nismo while only compensating with 64 more HP and 19 ft lbs of torque...all that for 20K more? The handling is not better, The interior is not better, I do like the BMW clutch better though .

And as far as regular 1 and 3 series go...unless the 335i is modded they aren't even worth a good launch at the red light grand prix.

And, throw on a Stillen supercharger for $7K + labor and you're an M eater.

I enjoyed my years modding my M and met a lot of good people, but as some of you were saying before, I met more tools. And the one type of car Bimmer owners love to f*** with more than any other make...other Bimmers. LOL.

Anyway, enjoying my time here so far.

And in case anyone cares here is the display I made from my feature in Performance BMW.

Cheers!

threeseventy · 05-12-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AsianJedi

Interesting thread guys! As a long time e46 M3 vert owner (and driver of many E46 M3 coupes and E9X M3s), I will tell you that you guys are respecting the roundel way to much. Remember the M3 coupe weighs 426 more lbs than the Nismo while only compensating with 64 more HP and 19 ft lbs of torque.

May 5th at Willow Springs was a big track day for the M group, I checked their site to see if the discount code was better. This time it wasn't. LOTS of them were interested, showed up and ran intermediate. I was in fast intermediate with a bunch of them, stock-looking M3's and a $29k 370Z with $3k worth of Stillen Intake/HFC/Exhaust bolt ons and RE11's (265/305). As usual, I would repeatedly catch them on the 1/2 mile frontstraight from 25 car lengths back, have to hang back through the esses and pass them when they get flagged to move over on the back straight. I had to move up to Advanced and run with the Corvette club and guys I know with modded 1's and M3's with GT wings, all running RS3 tires. It was better to be a backmarker than a bulldozer, as far as having more fun goes on the track.

Their suspensions are better engineered and I think their gearing is more refined and it gives them a great street to track car without modifying, but I don't know anybody that's had their Z for more than a year that doesn't already have the mods to equalize them with these M3's on most tracks. So, don't race them anywhere there aren't runoff areas and safety staff. There's no point, and it's lose-lose!

Props to the M guys for being true enthusiasts and backing up their talk by showing up for real fun. Most SoCal Z guys with all the bells and whistles just settle for hardparking, in fact their "that meet time of the month" thread just got stickied

m4a1mustang · 05-12-2012, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by threeseventy

May 5th at Willow Springs was a big track day for the M group, I checked their site to see if the discount code was better. This time it wasn't. LOTS of them were interested, showed up and ran intermediate. I was in fast intermediate with a bunch of them, stock-looking M3's and a $29k 370Z with $3k worth of Stillen Intake/HFC/Exhaust bolt ons and RE11's (265/305). As usual, I would repeatedly catch them on the 1/2 mile frontstraight from 25 car lengths back, have to hang back through the esses and pass them when they get flagged to move over on the back straight. I had to move up to Advanced and run with the Corvette club and guys I know with modded 1's and M3's with GT wings, all running RS3 tires. It was better to be a backmarker than a bulldozer, as far as having more fun goes on the track.

Their suspensions are better engineered and I think their gearing is more refined and it gives them a great street to track car without modifying, but I don't know anybody that's had their Z for more than a year that doesn't already have the mods to equalize them with these M3's on most tracks. So, don't race them anywhere there aren't runoff areas and safety staff. There's no point, and it's lose-lose!

Props to the M guys for being true enthusiasts and backing up their talk by showing up for real fun. Most SoCal Z guys with all the bells and whistles just settle for hardparking, in fact their "that meet time of the month" thread just got stickied

Pfft, track results mean nothing. Bench racing is where it's at.

3pitbulls · 05-11-2012, 05:48 PM

Well here`s a quick fix for a m3 just do as i did traded my nismo for a vette and those kids in stangs camaros or bmw wont even bother you on the streets any more///

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AsianJedi Base Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: NoVA Posts: 22 Drives: 2011 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Interesting thread guys! As a long time e46 M3 vert owner (and driver of many E46 M3 coupes and E9X M3s), I will tell you that you guys are respecting the roundel way to much. Remember the M3 coupe weighs 426 more lbs than the Nismo while only compensating with 64 more HP and 19 ft lbs of torque...all that for 20K more? The handling is not better, The interior is not better, I do like the BMW clutch better though . And as far as regular 1 and 3 series go...unless the 335i is modded they aren't even worth a good launch at the red light grand prix. And, throw on a Stillen supercharger for $7K + labor and you're an M eater. I enjoyed my years modding my M and met a lot of good people, but as some of you were saying before, I met more tools. And the one type of car Bimmer owners love to f*** with more than any other make...other Bimmers. LOL. Anyway, enjoying my time here so far. And in case anyone cares here is the display I made from my feature in Performance BMW. Cheers! __________________ My Z is fast. My armbars are faster.... Last edited by AsianJedi; 05-06-2012 at 09:18 PM.

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