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How much horsepower is too much?, for a road car.... |
tadink |
Apr 19 2013, 05:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 28-December 09 From: Napa Member No.: 11,181 Region Association: Northern California |
Hey all -
I've been looking at options for increased HP and have run across some crazy stuff, and that got me thinking about "how much is too much"? This would be an occasional track car, AX often, mostly street, preferably reliable. I've seen recently, in no particular order: 3.2L pretty stock, 3.3L race prepped turbo, 2.7 or 2.8 race prepped, v-8 twin turbo (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) , and other various mixes of suby-turbo, McMark's turbo 1.7L project, etc etc. so, for you high HP guys out there - when does the car get just too silly to be practical on the street? 300bhp? 400bhp? 600bhp? 900bhp? and what makes it not so enjoyable to drive around 'normally'? One guy described his 2.7 race engine as just too high strung for the street - - - so that means that you have to get into higher revs to get the power from the cam? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) edumacate me pls...... td |
pcar916 |
Apr 20 2013, 07:47 AM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None |
An hour after I "finished" installing my 3.6 I wanted 100 (arbitrary figure) more hp.
Fact is that if the throttle is easily modulated, the suspension/brakes are built to match, the tires are proper, the tub is stiff and the driver has self discipline, I think ~400-500 is a good place to be... more options there. But then realistically, I'll probably want more. Any driver pushing their skill-envelope in any 914 is gonna spin it somewhere/sometime. As far as I'm concerned, track training should be mandatory for all folks in a mid-engine car. Better to find those limits where there be runoff! That said I think money spent on suspension and driving experience has better returns on the dollar. Curves are where it's at. I want to sling the paint off of my doors in turns. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) |
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