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Originally Posted by Alext
Sorry - I don't think the 1M has 390HP from factory unless I am missing something?
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"Wheel horsepower" vs.
"flywheel horsepower".
Wheel horsepower to crankshaft horsepower guestimator (tool):
http://www.mk5cortinaestate.co.uk/calculator4.php
See also:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6625216_calc...rse-power.html
Anyways, the official 340hp is rather
"conservative". Most estimates I read about ranged around 350 hp.
And Belgian forum fellow M3Power79 already managed to achieve 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in only
4.4s with a stock 1M (official BMW figure: 4.9s). That 1M must have had nitro in its fuel tank.
(
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=668716).
Why "conservative" figures ? I guess BMW did not want to stir up its M3 fanbase when introducing the 1M.
