let's have a poll: how much torque in the v8 M3?
 

i think we should also have a poll, since we have one for the curb weight, to guess how much torque the new car will have.

these things will be fun just to see how close we get to the actual production official figures.

i understand that if you did the math on the 5.0v10, you'd arrive at something like 305#ft --but recall that the F430 is also a benchmark at 343#ft displacing only 4.3 litres....

322

This puzzles me... simple math says 305 lb-ft but that's so close to what the 335i can do. Oh well, 305 for me.

I'll be nice, 310#'s.

Not enough. I expect the 320 area. Nowhere near enough.

I expect a bit above 300, but that's about it. it's not going to be a torque monster.

...then again, since when did having 300 ft-lbs of torque become "not enough?" Corvettes were making about that much not ten years ago. My, how things have changed.

I'm going to guess that peak torque for the Corvette didn't occur at 6100 rpm.

:lol:

be generous. it's going to be more like 5200rpms with "80%" available over a wide rpm range.

Torque curve doesn't look that flat to me http://www.rototestinstitute.org/spe...03-kW-Nm-C.png (M5 obviously tested here).

Or, you can buy a car with the opposite torque curve (335i) http://www.automobilemag.com/multime...dyno_chart.jpg

I could always lend you my car for a month. Then you would agree that 300 ft-lbs is not enough for what this car is supposed to be, especially compared to what the competition is offering.

I think it will be interesting to see what the car is when it's all said and done. It has to beat the 335 in every performance aspect, after all.