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Originally Posted by DuckySpud
All you guys going on about performance being ruined and it being pointless, look at it this way. If somebody posted a supercharged M3 putting out 700bhp or something, full race spec brakes, suspension, stripped interior etc, and they used it on the road, would you be hating on them? Because surely a car like that on the road is just as pointless and awkward to live with as the stanced ones above....
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Actually yes I would if it was built as a road car
I have a friend with a car that is exactly that although it's a supercharged Elise with a race spec suspension setup not an m3
It was built as a track day car and a weekend fun toy.
As a track toy it's a weapon thanks to 280 bhp and the suspension setup
On the road it is a complete disaster and the owner admits this. The roll cage means you have to be a gymnast to get in or out and it really is horrific over bumps
As a consequence it's been off the road for umpteen years and has clocked up about 1000 miles over several years.
We have had many conversations about refitting the standard suspension so that the car could be used on the road but basically the arsed has run out and ideally he would prefer to sell it but finding a buyer for a car that's completely unusable on the road isn't easy and it's been superseded in SELOC type racing by cars running supercharged Honda donks
All in all despite sounding like a great plan the car has really turned into a garage ornament