2015 BMW M3 Throws Down 424whp 426wtq [Video]

[trd420]

If there’s one thing you need to know about automotive dynamometers, it’s that no two are likely to ever return the same number. No matter how closely calibrated, if you run the same car on two separate dynos, you’re going to get different output figures. Still, the variations aren’t typically huge—which is why European Auto Source’s dyno pull with a 2015 BMW M3 is so impressive.

EAS strapped an M3 to its dyno and recorded an absurd 424 horsepower and 426 lb-ft of torque—at the wheels. BMW claims that the M3 produces 425 horsepower and 406 lb-ft at the crank. Accounting for the typical 15 percent driveline losses from friction, etc., this means the 2015 M3 is really putting down something in the neighborhood of 480 horsepower and 480 lb-ft of torque at the crank. Assuming the M3 used for this dyno pull is real, that’s awesome news for future owners of the M3 and its two-door sibling, the M4.

 

[trd420]

Cant wait to see what this thang can do at stage 2

 

[mk6medic]

Oh dang. Sweet color on a sweet car with sweet power. Sign me up.

 

[Gunkata]

 

[maxtdi]

I thought motortrend did a dyno and it was 380/380 I am suspicious of these figures.

 

[trd420]

I thought motortrend did a dyno and it was 380/380 I am suspicious of these figures.

http://www.germanboost.com/content....-turbo-inline-6-stock-and-with-a-Stage-I-tune

BMS got 427whp 429wtq on a stock one 91oct

and 480whp 484wtq with just a tune

 

[trd420]

540whp 585wtq bms stage 1 E-85

http://www.germanboost.com/showthread.php?56564-2015-M3-JB4-Ethanol-Testing-amp-Dyno

:clap:

 

[maxtdi]

http://blogs.motortrend.com/1407_on_the_rollers_we_dyno_the_2015_bmw_m3_last_generation.html

How can there be a 50 whp spread unless a) ringer car or b) someone is bsing

On K&N's dyno, the M3 put down 379 horsepower at 6600 rpm and 378 lb.-ft. of torque at 4300

 

[XGC75]

I love the overlay of the e90 and f30 M3 power figures in MT's video. Truly insane.

Don't know how I feel about it though. I think I'd like the old powerplant better. Sound is so important to the equation.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXnbgS_XBk

 

[RacingManiac]

http://blogs.motortrend.com/1407_on_the_rollers_we_dyno_the_2015_bmw_m3_last_generation.html

How can there be a 50 whp spread unless a) ringer car or b) someone is bsing

Calibration of the dyno makes a difference, and if for some reason BMW's stock ECU were able to take advantage of better than the California 91 fuel maybe that might account for something too...

 

[maxtdi]

It was listed as 91 as well... 50whp is a huge spread.

 

[Dave10781]

What does it trap on a quarter mile? That would be telling.

 

[maxtdi]

we'd have to wait and see to make sure its not a ringer car...

 

[HardCandy]

An absolute pinnacle of automotive craftsmanship! Finally a metallic composited chariot of good taste and all around better than you appeal that emphatically pulls at my cardiac valve's string of enchantment.

I can't wait to park this car in MY reserved spot on the Google campus, talking loudly about BMW's humble beginnings as an airplane engine company to inferior new hirees (or the help, as I like to call them).




















jk, i dont work at google

 

[JonnysChillCousin]

saw a light blue m4 today...

16 year old kid in it.