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Originally Posted by wrsbmw
Advantage to 458 is the 53% weight to the rear due to the mid engine design. The RWD is much better than the m5 because of the location of the weight in the car. Anyway, all I am saying is that the tune on boots car is a good one if he can hold even and move ahead a little at higher speeds with the 458.
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What you are referring is completely correct for traction purposes when both cars are going to jump off the line and there is no doubt any rear weight distributed cars with mid or rear engine mounted (ie 458 or McLaren) can get better traction and smoke (even the same spec) front engine car, but in case of rolling stuff that's different story. The advantage of these monsters; M5/M6 (you can read that mid sausage
) is the high amount of torque that I believe is much more than factory claimed (and you truly referred to in your previous quote) over a wide range of 1500-5750 RPM and then immediately the maximum power is available all the way to 7000 RPM.
I believe (as I have mentioned several times before) the S63tu is one of the most amazing V8TT in current market, properly mounted on a car with amazing M DCT (another best or one of the best DCT in market) and the master piece of engineering (Active M differential) to support the required traction IN ROLLING...
