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feenaldo · Mar 9th, 2008, 07:31 PM

I prefer the R53 JCW purely because of the "drama" of having the supercharger whine. Then I saw Lohens R56 make the dump valve sound and thought I could get over the supercharger

The R56 JCW is a faster car when you compare standard JCW factory R53 to R56 JCW.

To throw a new spanner in the works (no pun intended

) I would say its the handling on the new JCW that lets it down. I like the JCW suspension set up on the R53 and the fact that the challenge car is running an entirely different set up is plain proof that it wasn't quite good enough.... for racing at least.

It doesn't matter how many track days you do don't forget you buy these cars mainly to drive on the road BMW don't set these cars up standard out of the factory for us to start an urban race every time we start the engine

but they are a forward thinking company, and purchasing JCW means they had a lot to live up too to keep the brand going, they have however capitalized on the fact that people seem to drool all over anything with JCW written on it, but that doesn't mean it isn't any good.

Mar 9th, 2008, 07:31 PM	#47
feenaldo FOM Test Pilot My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sunny South Coast! Local Time: 02:24 AM Posts: 155 Offline	I prefer the R53 JCW purely because of the "drama" of having the supercharger whine. Then I saw Lohens R56 make the dump valve sound and thought I could get over the supercharger The R56 JCW is a faster car when you compare standard JCW factory R53 to R56 JCW. To throw a new spanner in the works (no pun intended ) I would say its the handling on the new JCW that lets it down. I like the JCW suspension set up on the R53 and the fact that the challenge car is running an entirely different set up is plain proof that it wasn't quite good enough.... for racing at least. It doesn't matter how many track days you do don't forget you buy these cars mainly to drive on the road BMW don't set these cars up standard out of the factory for us to start an urban race every time we start the engine but they are a forward thinking company, and purchasing JCW means they had a lot to live up too to keep the brand going, they have however capitalized on the fact that people seem to drool all over anything with JCW written on it, but that doesn't mean it isn't any good.