LCR Against BMW Z4??

[Jay20VT]

not a chance and it happened all too quickly. At a set of lights in my neck of the woods when a Z4 pulls up next to me, no idea who was driving but all I know was when them lights changed he was away quicker than a mouse...

... He was several cars ahead of me but I as not too far behind, it was at this point I thought I had better change gear I just glanced at the dash and I was revving at around 6,000rpm and reached 40MPH in the first gear

..yep, I better change to 2nd I thought.

I have never been in a situation like that before in my LCR, and I only popped out to get some milk, and had me slippers on, not a good idea when you want fast clutch control. Anyway, it was quite hot yesterday and so not exactly cool air getting through the turbo..

Not sure what Z4 he had but it had twin exhaust each side, could have been an M-Power one, but oh boy did it go..

 

[speedsix]

6000rpm? Rev it harder you big girl

 

[richybigman]

6000rpm? Rev it harder you big girl

 

[bentaw]

twin exhaust each side is a z4M no wonder you got owned

 

[Timberwolf]

Yup its a Z4M, my dad has 1, and i hate him for it lol. 3.2 from the e46 m3 with 320+ bhp on a car thats lighter. We all know how quick an M3 is.

Not racing one of those till iv gone stage 2

Funny story thou i must say, never raced any1 in my slippers........is the performance any better? id blame the milk, obviously that extra weight helped him get away. No worries though fella, im sure all the LCR drivers on here will admit to being owned by a far superior car

 

[AdamRoutley]

nope, cause our leons are the fastest cars in the world u must understand ;-D

 

[chriswilks]

keep trying to race my dad in his 630 i reckon ill do him!!!he always says hes not trying when i catch him out and about somewhere!!!3.0 Z4s are bloody quick too!quite a bit of torque from those straight 6s tho.

 

[Big_daddy]

Think we need to pull the r32 (twin turbo) out, would have wiped the smile of the z4 face

 

[justin_cupra]

Hi,

Yep, Z4M....They are very quick, I drove one a couple of months ago it'll certainly do an LCR....plus all that traction going through those wide rear wheels....no chance

 

[Cupraloon]

Umm.... this sounds like another be carefull who you pick a race with kinda thread....

I had a bit of a blast with a bmw 535d yesterday, bloody woman, she was just begging for a roasting, and she got it, she decided discretion is the better part etc, etc, and backed down at a some very silly speeds....

not too shabby for a relativily stock (180) 20vt me thinks..

 

[Timberwolf]

Umm.... this sounds like another be carefull who you pick a race with kinda thread....

I had a bit of a blast with a bmw 535d yesterday, bloody woman, she was just begging for a roasting, and she got it, she decided discretion is the better part etc, etc, and backed down at a some very silly speeds....

not too shabby for a relativily stock (180) 20vt me thinks..

All down to the driver too i geuss.

 

[andycupra]

rear wheel drive BMW would explain most of the difference away from the lights.

 

[Jay20VT]

Z4M eh? well, it certainly made a meal of me and being several car lengths ahead, even if I had driven harder he still would have had me.

 

[Timberwolf]

Z4M eh? well, it certainly made a meal of me and being several car lengths ahead, even if I had driven harder he still would have had me.

Don't worry about it mate, its a far better car in performance on paper, but i recon if you was driving along on 3rd gear and he came up next to you, you would have had him till the top end.

LCR's are renowned for their mid range torque, all the scooby boys know it too lol.

With a decent map and few mod's you'l be eating M3's.

 

[bentaw]

Don't worry about it mate, its a far better car in performance on paper, but i recon if you was driving along on 3rd gear and he came up next to you, you would have had him till the top end.

LCR's are renowned for their mid range torque, all the scooby boys know it too lol.

With a decent map and few mod's you'l be eating M3's.

dont think that would be the case with a z4m

 

[chriswilks]

yeah i think that might be a bold claim!!! although bout ten mins ago new ctr was flying up behind so i thought right lets give it some and just as he was about to come past i was doing roughly the same speed so mid range is good but no match to bmws finest!!
my view is we buy our leons (however fast they are) because cars such as the m's amg's and such are beyond our reach.good to try and scare them tho.ihi definately would!!!!

 

[Timberwolf]

I agree its a bold statement, but im gona stand by it, IMO with some fine mods like fmic, turbo back etc..the LCR will be able to run with the M3. IHI will annihilate it for sure. Im gona hopefully get the conversion by september and run it with my dads Z4M. Il be happy if i cn keep with it, and extatic if i rip it to shreads.

 

[BCM]

Doubt even a mapped LCR will sit with a Z4M, quick car, might do ok from 30-80,
once above that, think you could wave bye bye to the 4 exhausts!

 

[bentaw]

yeah an M3 too 100, a remapped lcr with stage 2, fmic and a turbo back system would as i know myself, however a Z4M no it wont

 

[timbland181]

i love threads like this. really entertains me, and also gives me tips when to race and when to back down.

Cheers Jay20VT