It certainly is all about bragging rights after 500rwhp, b/c anything over 500rwhp does really become useless on the street.
Where will it end ?
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Burning Brakes
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Where will it end ?
I am not promoting street racing but in theory I could spin in 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the street and loose to a VW bus that had traction on a ice covered road.
I am getting an inferior complex because at the rate things are going, a car with 900 rear wheel and torque are bound to become common place.
At what point does increased hp and torque go over the power curve and turn a usefull application into nothing more than braging rights for a street driven car?
I am getting an inferior complex because at the rate things are going, a car with 900 rear wheel and torque are bound to become common place.
At what point does increased hp and torque go over the power curve and turn a usefull application into nothing more than braging rights for a street driven car?
Drifting
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It's never enough. 
J/K, I know what you mean. I would say somewhere around the 800 rwhp mark. Anything above that you can lay wheels on demand at almost any speed. You're not planting it on the street.
J/K, I know what you mean. I would say somewhere around the 800 rwhp mark. Anything above that you can lay wheels on demand at almost any speed. You're not planting it on the street.
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Iask myself the same question. Still catch myself planning on upgrades for another 100 rwhp. I can barely use what I have now. It has to be something in the male ego!!
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I am not promoting street racing but in theory I could spin in 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the street and loose to a VW bus that had traction on a ice covered road.
I am getting an inferior complex because at the rate things are going, a car with 900 rear wheel and torque are bound to become common place.
At what point does increased hp and torque go over the power curve and turn a usefull application into nothing more than braging rights for a street driven car?
I am getting an inferior complex because at the rate things are going, a car with 900 rear wheel and torque are bound to become common place.
At what point does increased hp and torque go over the power curve and turn a usefull application into nothing more than braging rights for a street driven car?
Chris.