Hi all:
In august 2014 I took delivery of one of the first f80 m3s. Stripper model, 6 speed manual, 3,450 pounds with 2-3 gallons in the tank. I put 71k miles on it and it was the best car I've ever owned. I sold it a few months ago and bought a bucket list car, a Porsche 997.1 turbo 6mt.
One of the reasons I did that was because the 425hp RWD f8x platform could not put power down effectively 0-30mph without triggering MDM/traction control in SE PA daily driving. It would constantly cut power. For what it's worth, I'm now driving a 480hp/505tq AWD 911 and while the official 0-60 and quarter mile times from 2007 are similar to the f80, the real world speed is a whole different story. Between it's weight distribution, suspension design, and AWD system....power delivery is perfect and the actual at speed acceleration is a different league than the f80.
So now the g80 is presented with more power, bit more torque, similar weight/size, and a 6mt and RWD or auto + AWD.
My question is this: Is there any reason to believe the RWD version's suspension & diff will better put down power better than the f8x was able to do? We are ~3 months prior to production of this vehicle so I'm hoping for any insight
Joe