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Originally Posted by onebadgoat9286
Judging by the numbers wiki has (lol)..only 3 of the current 7 series would beat an SRT4 going by the 0-60 times..those being the ones with the bigger 8, the 12, and I think the other has an 8 too. A regular 740 prolly wouldn't have beaten it unless it had stuff done or had a crazy torque curve advantage.
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True, true, but this BMW can't have been a new one even.
Being a 7
40, its a 4.0L V8, which they stopped producing in 2001. This motor had 282HP, and 295lbs of torque, while weighing in at about 4250 lbs. A stock Srt-4 made from 215-230hp, 245-250lbs of torque, and weighed in at about 2800 lbs.
As Tiny said, a slightly modded Srt-4 would have about 250whp, while the 740 with an estimated 15% drivetrain loss would make only 240whp.
The BMW's 10 LESS whp, and 1400 more lbs means either the Srt-4 wasn't trying, or really sucked at driving. Even a stock Srt-4 prolly dynos at 210whp, but would possibly win due to the additional weight of the BMW.
As Tiny also said, traction is an issue with the Srt-4, but as soon as it "has some room to run" (which was previously stated about the BMW) and catches traction, it would pull on the BMW with ease.
This is why it is the
driver, not the cars, that are responsible for the result of this race, and therefore a topic of this discussion. Did he even try? Did he have a clue how to drive? Was he revving and shifting crazy while receiving a BJ from a midget in the passenger seat even? But
Not had the BMW had room to run... the neon had to be pretty worked... or fwd v rwd...