[SennaZ]

A good tune with race gas and the stickiest autoX tires you can buy/borrow. Just ask if you have a tiny handicap and run in front for the start - unless he's an animal you should be able to keep him from passing [with a couple of well-chosen blocking maneuvers] for a single lap.

[flip4335]

Originally Posted by Syndicategt

1 - Race on a Cold Day
2 - Lots of driving lessons
3 - R comp tires
4 - Cooling (Oil cooler, FMIC, meth, water wetter)
5 - Suspension (coilovers, sways, control arms, bushings, ect)

Notice a Tune isn't in the top 5? You can beat a 2011 M3 with a e36 M3 or 150hp spec Miata, depends on experience and what is mentioned above. Power can be your enemy, espeically when you are not an experienced track driverand (it will also add lots of heat in our case.) Lots of people think you can just slap on a tune and beat XXX car, completely not the case. I've been spanked so many times by some beat-up spec car with less than half my HP it's not funny.

+1

#1. Addendum. Race on a COLD, WET day to take advantage of your ride's AWD capabilities. This also negates #4 Cooling, because it will be COLD...

#2 and #5 are very important, too. Know that track COLD, beef up your suspension, and learn to drift, because the wet conditions will scrub off a lot of your friend's HP and suspension advantages, but he might not be as adept at maximizing the M3 performance advantage in the wet and cold...

Better yet, challenge him on a cold, snowy day in winter tires...

[Litos]

sell 335xi

buy GT 5.0

win race

[hemi to e90]

Originally Posted by Litos

sell 335xi

buy GT 5.0

win race

X infinity.


seriously, you bought the wrong car