Thread: Should I go M?
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      01-04-2011, 10:49 AM   #19
scheherazade
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I'm sure you'll be happy driving the HPF kit.



I would however weigh the benefit (fun/acceleration) against the frequency (how often you will make use of it).



Your acceleration is what will give you that butt dyno feeling that you're [most likely] after.

For 'legal speeds', you'll be mostly traction limited, so you won't get that much more acceleration than with a more run-of-the-mill RWD car (like a vanilla M3).

You could mitigate your lack of traction by driving around on DRs all the time, and hoping the asphalt isn't greasy at your red light (lol).

At higher speeds, where traction isn't that much of an issue, you can definitely get a lot out of the kit.
However, at this point, you will be way over any speed limit.


So, unless you're willing to risk your license, you won't get to make use of the HPF kit on a daily driver basis.
How often are you willing to risk your license?



Now, if you had AWD... then I'd say you got nothing to worry about.
Then you could use every bit of power all the time, with no caveats about hooking up or breaking traction.
You could drive around like a bunny rabbit.

-scheherazade
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