Quote Originally Posted by cgEvan
As far as I know, f-bodies have been known to do exceptionally well in SCCA runs around here. My buddy's dad has trophies all over his shop from SCCA for first place, and he has a '95 Camaro Z28 with lowering springs and wider wheels. The same friend has a '98 Camaro SS himself with just SLP suspension and a set of wide wheels, and he scares me pretty good in the twisties.

Not saying the M3 would lose by any means because that's what they're for, but I don't think F-bodies do as bad as people think.
F-bodies do well in their own respect because they have ass loads of low end torque, 315's go on like cake all the way around and some fat brakes can easily be bought for dirt cheap. More tire = more contact patch, more grip, more surface to brake and yes, just shit loads of grip. Throw 315's and 300wt at 2500 rpms in any slightly sporty BMW or what not with some fender work and watch what happens. BMW's and other small sports cars like Miata's, Old Porsche's, old Z cars etc. etc are simply amazing because they can keep up with Vette's and other car that run a "similar" tire/wheel set up as a properly set up F body with half the tire, less power, less brakes with such a connected driving experience.
Don't believe me? The new 6.2 liter Camaro has an extremely modern suspension system, much wider tires, bigger brakes, more power and gobs more torque then the current M3, yet lapped the ring about 20 seconds slower and 30 seconds slower then the outgoing E46 CSL. To top it off it's hardly heavier then the E92.
Then again, they were designed to do that....take a BMW dragging and watch what happens , unless big money was spent.