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Originally Posted by afadeev
You are right - running circles was a figure of speech.
However, all things being equal (similar HP, torque, suspension prep, tires, driver), a 3500 lbs car (GTS) will not keep up with a 3100 lbs car (GT3) for long.
I do love the work BMW had put into the GTS package.
Unfortunately, the price point and product spec vaults it into an entirely another category of track warrior cars.
That extra weight will require WAY more of a HP compensation than what the water tank provides. How long before BMW starts boring out that 3.0L to 3.2+L  ... ?
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I think the bore spacing of the S55 doesn't allow much larger bore (but it's been a long time since I studied the S55 spec sheet, so I might be mistaken).
And don't forget that the area under the curve for both hp and torque is more important than just looking at a peak number for both HP and torque...
And the GTS has 600Nm of torque vs 440Nm for the GT3...