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Originally Posted by ///Metak
The most effective way (besides FI) to make our cars faster is to make them lighter. But as the 2 previous posters indicated the demand will never be there. So people will continue to dump thousands into intakes and exhausts for increased 'performance' or is it esthethics....?  |
Actually, I think swapping in a 4.10 diff would be the most effective way to make the M Coupe faster, and it's definitely what I'd get before spending 3k on this. The body panels aren't the place to try and save weight on a Z4 - the hood, roof, and fenders are already fairly light as it is; the hatch is likely heavy due to the glass.
As for the popularity of such mods for the E46 - I'm betting they sold more of that stuff to people with 325Cis than M3s. Those bodykits are much more about aesthetics than performance/weight reduction.
Those kits on the E46 are to make them seem radical and exotic; the Z4 is that way right out of the box.