This car is so underrated. Nice review as always

How could you forget about the grille stripe mod? Easily worth 20hp

Great review! You really explain everything well.

BBS Fi-R ... my boy's won a few lottos i see

Hard to deny the m3, all the practicality of a normal sedan but with a playful character. Installed Ohlins RT and upgraded bushings, feels like a completely different car.

500 wheel is the sweet spot. This m3 is beautiful

first time im seeing zy get overwhelmed by the power haha, lovely video as always cheers

Great review! Thank you

F80 m3 = beast

It’s the tires. Regular PS4S have soft sidewalls that make the handling less confidence inspiring. Cup 2’s or at least BMW star-marked 4S’s would help a lot.

Love f80s. And lol at you admiring your car at the end 😂

You gotta drive my M4. MCS 2WNR full aero, tuned and on proper wheels and tires. It absolutely rips! You’d love it.

sounds like it needs proper suspension work to control all that power. regardless sounds like a monster

I know this is an M3 but when I installed RSR springs to my IS, it drove more sloppy than stock suspension. I feel like you really have to get proper coil over set ups or stick with stock than throwing on some springs

F series wif s55 expecially m2 comp is a playful car, nice to drive & counter interact wif the car feeling......

I had a 435i so obviously no way near as powerful but my feelings were still similar. Numb steering and the chassis just never felt settled. Even with B12 pro kit and eibach ARBs.

In stock form the rear tyres already want to break loose, so I don’t understand why anymore power is needed?

I had an F80 Comp Manual that was a Dinan S3 but tuned it with Bootmod and tuned the steering/suspension/diff etc to CS/GTS stuff as well. I drove it around most of the time in the CS+ Tune, as you stated, it can have too much power and it just isn't as fun as it just builds so much torque you don't ever need to rev it out. The CS tune is more NA-ish. You'll also want the rear stabilizer links, the car under hard acceleration can toe out in the rear from the bushing flex which could be what you're feeling. Overall F80 is a terrible backroads car (i live in norcal too), horrible steering communication, and if you ever try the brakes on a downhill section, you'll find them to be overmatched and lack of confidence. The motor/engine/transmission is incredible though

Basically a muscle car type handling. Mines back when i had it wasn’t good for anything but highway pulls. The turbo kicks in and car goes sideways.

bbs wheels go great with the F series

Nice video! I have a 600 whp flex thned F80 and I do it all a lot of canyons too. You have to trust the car point where you want to go and the car sorts itself out. It's an amazing machine and very satisfying to drive. But, you have to respect it but not be scared of it too much. It slides it spins but if you point where you want to go it just goes. If you want all traction no slide f80 is not for you imo. You can spin the entire way and have total control I've never driven a car this precise and so playful. When you go into it half ass it won't reward you as much. I agree with suspension 100% I have similar and it's comfortable but NOT inspiring like my last setup but more comfy. Oh well.

So the M2 Comp gets none of the uncontrollableness stock?

Plus anytime you lower a car you are reducing the possible suspension travel so on uneven roads, it will feel awful

One thing I'll say about mechanical "weak links" in the S55 is the charge pipes, j pipe, and the top mount intercooler. Each of these have failed me on my dual-purpose M2C, which has never been tuned and is on the OEM turbo. It sees half a dozen track days a year and a decent amount of street miles. If you track an S55, you might run into these issues. If tuned, it is even more probable. Still, I'm considering picking up a ZCP F80 with DCT so I can have a family sedan that my wife can drive in a pinch, but that can also hang for a full day of lapping if my M2C is sidelined. I'm awfully tempted by the 8Y Audi RS3 (2022+), since it'd be a great family sedan, can send a bit more torque to the rear compared to other Audis with the old Haldex system, and with some very minor tweaks it might handle a day of lapping in a pinch. I hesitate because I fear it'd feel artificial and lack a sense of humor on the street that the F8X platforms bring in spades. Anyone drive an 8Y RS3? Fenton, got any plans to get your hands on one?

Do you feel the extra weight/size on the m3 over the m2c? Trying to decide between the two as a daily, however I don't really care for 4 doors/extra space. I liked how easy it was the slide around in the m2c. Have yet to drive the m3

I would delete edc and get proper coilovers on this f80, like ohlins road and track. I don’t have f80 but f30 with adaptive msport suspension, by far best mod was bilstein coilovers. I only have around 470whp, it feels just right for this chassis and suspension. Granted f80 chassis is better, should handle 500whp no issues with proper suspension.

A custom tune will make power more linear and driveability will be much better than stock. Apply proper throttle helps too, can't jab at it like NA😂.

This thing seems fast as fuck on the canyons. Perfect south florida highway car lol

That grill though 😅

Think part of your problem is your driving style, you turning into corners with no throttle mate...

That ain't no sports car, more like a german muscle car..

The cars not over powered, you’re not a good enough driver.

Too much engine without proper money spent on suspension and braking. Its a very 'American' build. 12 grand set of wheels but no brake upgrade? Bizarre.

My F87 Comp has 572whp on stock turbos and it is manageable on Dinan suspension (HAS) and PS4S. On track I use A052 +1 sizing.