BMW E46 M3 vs E36 M3 vs M2 Comp: DRAG RACE

hi everyone matt watson here from car wow so i've got a drag race for you bmw fanboys because i'm sat in an e46 m3 and next to me is an e36 m3 and next to that is an empty competition why you may ask because why not well actually the m2 is closer in size to these cars than the m4 so it just seems that it's right direct m2 against these old dears so let me tell you a bit about this car it's owned by a chat called taylor and if you want to follow him on instagram his account is txl 14. it's on the screen so this car has a 3.2 liter naturally aspirated straight 6 engine and it has 343 horsepower but it does normally but he's gone and fitted a k n air filter to it for a better induction noise so it's probably only got 340 horsepower next that's the way the cannon dollars sometimes work still [Music] what's this big stupid cat air freshener i tell you what i'm going to decatur this car and give him his three horsepower back there we go i don't need the cap get rid of that well that may be a bit more stinky now this car yeah it's a bit of a main joke but i'm sure you get it talk wise you're talking 365 newton meters it's got a six-speed manual gearbox obviously driving the rear wheels this car actually weighs 1570 kilos actually the heaviest car here value today this car is about 12 grand it's a 2005 vintage i will take care of it yeah right anyway the e36 is actually owned by cameraman jack if you want to follow him on instagram it's at jack underscore scotland with two d's so that car has a three liter straight six next respirated engine and normally puts out 286 horsepower though he's fitted a downpipe new exhaust and being tweaked a bit it's ecu so he's doing about 300 horsepower it's also got a roll caging and stripped it out and i think it's a bit lighter than stand it's about 1400 kilos so quite a bit lighter than this e46 and he's got some semi-slick tires and he wants to win so much he's so desperate to win it's got a five-speed manual gearbox old car it's an emergency from 1994. that thing cost him nine thousand pounds talk-wise it's only got 320 newton meters the m2 competition way ahead in terms of power it's three-liter straight six turbo engine in fact it's got twin turbos puts out 410 horsepower and it has 550 newton meters of torque it's a six-speed manual that one so at least it's fair in terms of launching having to do it with the stick shifter now that car weighs about 1550 kilos so it's lighter than this by a smidge though the chappies in it is joe achilles and he's a bit heavier than me so it probably evens things out hey joe how you doing uh yeah i'm definitely heavier than you for sure check this out got a t-shirt ah period of the fuel i paid a fool ba barracus sorry that's a rubbish impression anyway if you like this t-shirt click on the banner up there to check out our merch store because we've got this t-shirt and quite a few other ones with cool designs which you can buy if you'd like to anyway make sure you subscribe to this channel hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on so you're alerted when we make a new upload if you want to follow me on instagram it's at matt watson cars let's go with the race buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site now before we actually drag race we've got to do the obvious sound check i'm going to go first with this let's say the e36 with its aftermarket [Music] exhaust there was a lot of smoke coming out the back of that is that normal yeah normal you put as much oil in that car as you do fuel uh it's normal just move on anyway let's have a listen to the m2 [Music] i tell you what i think they all sounded pretty blooming good but why don't you decide let's get on with the drag race now you've been waiting long enough long time since i've drag raced a manual car this would be embarrassing i haven't even launched this car yet and i've driven it before it's my first time driving it there's a gear [Music] come on guys no we've got to go again i went into fifth into the third [Music] oh yes here we go and i got the third gear that time yeah baby [Music] jack's bailed empty okay pass at some point i didn't care about that i just wanted to beat jack [Music] no you never did it i'm not a big fan of bmw's manuals i just they're a little bit vague and you own that car you should be used to it i mean i've got an excuse i'm not too sure it might be something to do with the fact my gear knob seems to come off all in the comments box now jack can't drive either at least joe can change gears properly can't you joe oh yeah so far so good i don't want to jinx myself though this is where you put in reverse right let's have another go third time lucky [Music] yes oh we managed to use gears probably this time just bugging me i can't believe how much the e36 was dropped you did it properly this time didn't you i was just very careful well done i was surprised by that i actually thought it was going to be closer between us this launch is brilliant it's dead easy to launch even i can do it yeah mine spins a little bit i'll argue with that m2 oh my god turbo power anyone who knows about m cars having turbos you see the result of the turbos they just give you so much more performance don't they yeah mate off the line it's quite hard to manage because you can hear the boost coming in you're like where should i drop the clutch and you either get loads of wheelspin or it bogs down a bit but once you're into second gear i just reel you in so quickly it's a fast car this it is it surprises me and it's mine i'm driving somebody else's car but i quite like it i wouldn't mind one i think the engine is an absolute peach in this thing i think it's better than the engine in yours jack i'm afraid mine's louder that's where some of your performance has gone it's going to make noise that's the problem so then what exactly happened well the m2 competition did the standing quarter mar in 12.6 seconds the e46 m3 took 13.1 seconds and the older e36 m3 crossed the line in 13.8 seconds now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour in third gear i'm gonna count it in three two one go oh it's close now i've got all the rest to play with god that mp2 was gone oh this is good this is good i'm enjoying this i've got so many revs in this car i think you've got red lines at 8 000 rpm what you got jack easily seven and a half how about you joe yeah i'm about seven and a half as well but it likes to shift about seven there's nothing above seven this picked up immediately throttle response on this is a dream but then your turbo power just gives you all that talk and you're just like off you went absolutely mate all that talk it's a bit like a engine version of matt watson finally we're gonna have a break test from 70 miles an hour when we hit the line full emergency start that e36 has an advantage now because it's lighter also it's got upgraded brakes it's got the brakes off of porsche 911 996 which is the color i own actually here we go [Music] everything well done joe your car is the best it's also the most expensive and the newest buy some margin it's a bit of a shallow victory but lovely hearing your two cars really nice especially off the line that's all i can hear pretty much yeah and this thing from the inside that canon air felt it does let you really hear that induction sound and it's such a sweet noise i prefer the engine in this car than the 3.4 flat 6 in my 996 i quite like one of these actually should i get one let me know in the comments below now i enjoyed the video as ever make sure you subscribe and follow me on instagram have my watson cars follow jack jack scott follow taylor ticks whatever is it's on the screen and go check out joe's channel joe achilles he does loads of videos on bmw and audis and some of the german cars i'd like to see him do a high-end dive he hasn't done it yet also if you'd like to check out how much yeah it's in the carousel below the video and would you like to see the best price on the bmw m2 competition on car wag click on the pop-up ban up there to check out the deal just for interest sake hope you enjoyed the video and i'll see you next time i prefer this engine than the one in my porsche i don't know if you saw my comment on your millions of comments with your millions of subscribers by the way you should follow matt watson yeah i think i did see your comment but i didn't reply to it because i wanted some other comments at the top and if i reply to your comment that it goes to the top i didn't want to give you any kind of unnecessary exposure that's so rat watson

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Length: 11min 7sec (667 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 08 2020