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You ok fella?
Caporegime
I'm good buddy, hope all is well with yourself 
Get yourself over to www.rsownersclub.co.uk
Plenty of info on there and some nice cars always come up for sale.
Soldato
How is a 330BHp Focus RS going to leave an M3? An E46 has more power, you must be talking about the mid 90's M3.
Already a member from the days of my RS Turbo.
Focus with 330bhp will have a better bhp/tonn i would have thought, my mates fiesta beats m3s round oulton park.
Soldato
Putting 330BHP down in the focus would be harder than the M3 no doubt. There probably would be nothing in it. But I wouldn't saying the RS would smoke it.
Then again I am using facts I researched on the internet and no real life experience so I could be totally wrong and the RS could be a true weapon.
Soldato
Soldato
Did they do a 330BHP RS vs an M3?
Soldato
No, why are you asking questions you know the answer to? But shows you how little the M3 went round quicker. So it's not so far fetched that a 330BHP RS can easily keep up, if not go quicker than an M3*.
http://www.fastestlaps.com/cars/ford_focus_rs.html
*Driver dependant of course as well.
Because I did leave one.
The Focus is lighter and having nearly 400 ft/lb torque pulling you helps too
Soldato
Because I did leave one.
The Focus is lighter and having nearly 400 ft/lb torque pulling you helps too
Nice, 400lb ft is nice but doesn't mean you are faster or give me any indication of speed.
I wonder which hatchback we will have next week which is an M3 beater?
First an Astra, now a Focus.
Nath...you seem to be under the impression that an M3 is the fastest thing on the the road
There is no reason why a little fettling can turn any hatchback into a supercar chaser
Soldato
Nath...you seem to be under the impression that an M3 is the fastest thing on the the road
There is no reason why a little fettling can turn any hatchback into a supercar chaser
I'm not honestly. I just know the E46 M3 is a very capable car and not just in a straight line.
Like I said, I've never driven either so i'm just basing my thoughts on stuff I've read.
Soldato
What times were you running at Donington then? Perhaps you were driving better than the CSL's but they are rapid and incredibly well sorted and balanced on track, which is why when the driver gets into the groove they go so well. I've got a few buddies who make em fly, happy to go get some of their times to compare. A standard one did 7:50 around the Ring, proper quick car and quite a bit quicker than the stock M3 on track.
Soldato
I know the CSL is good, but Jesus wept, he could give the Stig a run for his money with that effort!!!It's not hard to give an M3 driver a run for their money on a track when you have 300+bhp and a very very good handling car in the Focus RS at your disposal.
However if the driver in the M3 CSL is as capable of a driver in the RS, I can't see the RS getting past, but will be able to keep within eyesight