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      02-25-2010, 10:30 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by KANdaddy View Post
Relax. Do you even know what you are talking about? For a first year car last year's M3 was very competitive and would have won several other races if not for bad luck. That being said they were always in contention for a podium. Pretty damn good considering. Also, did you notice those air restrictors behind the kidneys? Yea...that is to restrict air to the V8, hence lowering power significantly so that the M3 won't walk all over the Porsches and Vettes. ALMS required the e46 M3 GTR to wear the same restrictors after Porsche cried about it being too fast.
Air restrictors are given to almost every car.

Corvette GT2: http://www.corvetteracing.com/cars/g...overview.shtml

Porsche GT3 RSR: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/22/p...atest-gt3-rsr/

BMW: http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/race...ar/m3_gt2.html

Corvette had a smaller air restrictor than both marques. And they did not run a full GT2 season. So I don't know where you get this "walk" theory.

Porsche slowed down considerably during the latter stages of 2009 due to their steel sleeves that were not homologation (they were hit w/ a 25kg weight penalty).

BMW should ditch the Dunlops and run Michelins. Corvette switched from Goodyears to Michelins with the C5.R and they claimed it made a world of difference.
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