Maximum "Streetable" horsepower

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Jul 2, 2002 | 03:05 AM

kawboy5792

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Maximum "Streetable" horsepower

what do you guys think would be the limit on horsepower (at the engine) for a car that is driven fairly often?

Jul 2, 2002 | 03:22 AM

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Re: Maximum "Streetable" horsepower (kawboy5792)

if it's a 383 built for nitrous, I'd say 700 easy (w/ NOS)....henessey 650r's are pretty streeable, too.....as long as they stay together.

Jul 2, 2002 | 04:14 AM

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Re: Maximum "Streetable" horsepower (YellowFvr)

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henessey 650r's are pretty streeable, too.....as long as they stay together.

hehe, yeah, that is because thats 650 Hennessey hp, if you measure it in actual non-bs real world hp it is probably more like 400hp. :lol:

Seriously, I'd say 500-600 for a manual trans car.

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Jul 2, 2002 | 09:45 AM

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Re: Maximum "Streetable" horsepower

I would say it has to do a lot with the drive of said car. My dad could handle a lot more power than I could. He is that much better of a driver & MUCH more layed back than I am. I still like playing to much, which with tons of power can lead to trouble quickly.

Note to self: Why am I doing this engine work :crazy:

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Jul 2, 2002 | 11:36 AM

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Re: Maximum "Streetable" horsepower (kawboy5792)

Depends on how the HP is made. A normally aspirated 700 hp engine would be unstreetable. But 700 TT wouldn't be too bad, depending on the boost level and displacement.

Now if it were a Supra TT, then 1000+ easy. :jester

Jul 2, 2002 | 04:32 PM

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Re: Maximum "Streetable" horsepower (85 Dave)

I know of two cars I'd LOVE to own. One is a friends 1990 IROC 1LE with a Lingenfelter 434 Small Block N/A 93 octane powered 18* Head 640 HP Monster that runs like STINK and laughs at 90 degree days like this(Of course like any other hi-po car it's down a little on power due to the hot humid air) but what a car! You'd never know it either! As John L Himself said "Yeah, She's wicked" :D

The other is forum member Bill C's boost controlled 99 FRC LPE-TT. It ran over 134 MPH on LOW BOOST was driven to and from the track and even drove from Indiana @LPE to Maryland with over 590 RWHP(once again, Low Boost).

Yes, I'm partial to Lingenfelter cars(Seeing I also own one) and they're my favorite street monsters. Mine's ok...but I'm already bored with the 440 crank hp. Too much power is just right :D

Answering the question....Not too sure what the right power is for the street. Steve from texas has an LPE-FRC that goes 9.2's@151(Awesome quick time video) and is completely streetable through catalytic convertors :eek: Thats a tough question to answer :D

Jul 2, 2002 | 05:10 PM