M3 Torque (was RE: M3 in F-stock)

["Jeff Winchell" <Jeff@WINCHELL.COM>]

>The one big thing that I think makes the E36 M3 a fair match in ESP is
>that after about $1000 in mods it's forever limited to 265-270 hp due to
>head restrictions.

The gearing available in a SP M3 provides a torque/weight ratio as good 
or better than the biggest torque monster SP ponycars out there. 

Details of this were discussed a couple months ago on this
forum for those that want to dig out the numbers.