[ksfrogman]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eSJ-HzNWJ...related&search=

Another:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...71&q=bmw&hl=en

[aapriadi]

the engine shrieks like its gonna blow up or somethin, my ears almost bleed listenin to it, i prefer how the m3 gtr sounds still got the clip if you wanna hear it
but damn the driver really got skills

[Ghunger]

It doesn't even look like he's running in the right class with how fast he was passing people. Serious HP advantage there.

[JO3]

That transmission must have tiny gears to whine like that lol

[Robin_NL]

Repost That's mister Van Os in his E36 320i WTCC (ex Works BMW) last year at the DTCC at Assen Moto GP track here in the Netherlands(same track where we do al lot of trackdays)

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by Ghunger

It doesn't even look like he's running in the right class with how fast he was passing people. Serious HP advantage there.

Only 320BHP or even less(2 litre atmo engine)@ 9000rpm(?)
The grip, weight and chassis are the key

The first right bend they take(called Nationale Bocht, which isn't there anymore because of a new circuit layout the '06 season) I always took very sideways (2nd or 3rd gear) in my former E46 M3. Those were the days...

[ksfrogman]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Only 320BHP or even less(2 litre atmo engine)@ 9000rpm(?)
The grip, weight and chassis are the key

The first right bend they take(called Nationale Bocht, which isn't there anymore because of a new circuit layout the '06 season) I always took very sideways (2nd or 3rd gear) in my former E46 M3. Those were the days...

Do you have any idea what the gearing (i.e., gear ratios and axle ratio) is like?

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ksfrogman

Do you have any idea what the gearing (i.e., gear ratios and axle ratio) is like?

I think it is a 'Drenth' sequential 6(?) speed gearbox.

And the 320i STW is based on the 4 cylinder 318is:

"The S42 engine was a 2.0L touring car engine with a 86.5mm bore and around a 85mm stroke, which shared the same block as the street going M42. Unlike the common M42, the S42 had a more sophisticated engine management system, and had individual throttle bodies. The S42 unfortunately did not share the same valvetrain as the M42, and is a solid lifter valvetrain (possibily from the S50Euro) fully capable of over 9000rpm, but was limited to a 8500rpm redline, as dictated by touring car rules. It was mounted upright in the bay, not slanted, and ran on a full dry sump oiling system. The pistons had a static compression ratio of around 12:1, and running on pump gas, the S42 made around 280hp (and up to around 310hp later in it's life)."

[vladinecko]

it didn't even seem to drop RPMs when he upshifted. weird. yeah that sounds definitely made my ears bleed. it sounded like a little kid whining for a new toy.

[ksfrogman]

Here's another M3 GTR Screaming Race Car:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...71&q=bmw&hl=en

[maq]

Originally Posted by aapriadi

the engine shrieks like its gonna blow up or somethin, my ears almost bleed listenin to it, i prefer how the m3 gtr sounds still got the clip if you wanna hear it
but damn the driver really got skills

It's not the engine noise you are hearing. It's the transmission whine caused by sraight-cut gears. The GTR uses a manual gearbox with straightcut gears, less noisy than the early squential 'box used in the E36 super touring car.