The 8m 19 time was BTG so not really that quick in the great scheme of things, he sold that car and never seemed to be happy with the suspension setup. EVO mags attempt at a ring car was less then impressive, I can recall back when the E36 evo was a new car even then you could buy one from a german tuner that was miles faster then stock, albeit at great expense. ISTR Top Gear magazine tested a stock E36 evo, a modified one, a F355, a 993 c2s and some other cars. The most impressive cars where the E36 and F355.
The point of the PH thread was about comparing 2 cars that can be bought now for similar money, arguably one could find a better E36 then 951. There is one at a dealer near me for £5K that looks mint for example, SMG though. Both have great performance, the E36 in particular almost as quick as a modern 911 in stock form. The 951 has easier tuning potential.
Its somewhat tempting actually looking at E36 prices nowadays, I can remember 10 years ago when I bought my S2 I really really wanted the M3. I looked at a couple, hugely impressive performance for back then but the cheapest where still over £20K. The S2 at less then £10K then was the sensible choice albeit at a performance level that is nowhere near the M3 (sorry Oli but you wouldn't see which way the E36 M3 evo went). A friend had one and got stung when the gearbox went, cost him a good few K to sort though which I think put me off them for a long time.
Patrick is right this is a dead horse.
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