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Originally Posted by herbz
since when is an ECU tune (reversible) exhaust (reversible) and downpipe (reversible) considered heavily modded?
those mods alone put the N54 way above the new V8.
granted the M3 has an 8400 RPM redline which will allow you to stay in the powerband better on a racetrack, true, but won't really do anything against the massive torque of the N54 on the highway
besides, if i bought a 135i, i'd definetely want to keep it until its gonna be worth crap anyway.
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If you wanted to take the time to put on all the performance mods available to try to match or beat the M thats fine, ill just take the performance that i will get from my M3 out of the box.
After some quality parts and mods to make a 135 a "m3 killer" it'll probably be a 10-15K difference... to me 10-15k isn't a big deal, id rather shell that out than play catch up.
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Originally Posted by herbz
-11lb carbon fiber roof (wow 11 lbs such a big friggen deal!) and an "m" badge  |
Theres more purpose to the CF roof than -11lbs saved. It lowers the cars center of gravity thus giving it better handling performance and decreasing body roll.