Ever driven 400 horsepower on the street?

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Curious. How's 400 HP on the street? Too much? Not enough? Just right? Describe.
 
400 is enough power to make you want way more.
 
In a car, probably too much. In a heavy truck, not enough.
 
Its enough to be fun. Lots of fun, especially in a light car. Fuck yeah.
 
Yes I had a Hemi Challenger for a spell. I had a 20 mile non rush hour highway commute for a minute there and it was my daily driver. Total sleeper too, all white, no badging, and a quiet exhaust system. I'd pull up at a light and people wouldn't even notice the car until I hit the accelerator.
 
The weight of the vehicle has a lot to do with it and how the power is made.

Details please.
 
I drive about 600rwhp daily. It's more than enough for the street. Tends to make me do questionable shit from time to time, but at least I'm not on a bike at that moment.

I'll get it up to or over 700 this summer.
 
90 50 said:
The weight of the vehicle has a lot to do with it and how the power is made.

Details please.
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Right? I drive over 400hp every time I work, but that’s in a fire engine.
 
I've had a few built cars. This car below was built LQ9 6.0 with a 150 NANO shot, the car made 550rwhp and was really fast. I'm out of the go fast game for a minute though.....
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I had a 2002 Jaguar XKR convertible with 370hp. Lot of fun to drive but the gas mileage was terrible. Took it up to 120 on nice straight surface street.
 
Grassshoppa said:
Curious. How's 400 HP on the street? Too much? Not enough? Just right? Describe.
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Very much depends on what you want, what you are driving, style of driving/tires(do you care about handling), etc.

My C6Z has 476hp to the wheels on 91 pump. For about 4k I could add around 100 whp. Only thing with that is I would need some tires like this if I don't want to essentially lose 1st gear.

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Downside is that they will only last about 5k miles give or take a couple k depending on your driving.
 
FacePunch said:
I drive about 600rwhp daily. It's more than enough for the street. Tends to make me do questionable shit from time to time, but at least I'm not on a bike at that moment.

I'll get it up to or over 700 this summer.
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What tires are you running
 
RerouteToRemain said:
Very much depends on what you want, what you are driving, style of driving/tires(do you care about handling), etc.

My C6Z has 476hp to the wheels on 91 pump. For about 4k I could add around 100 whp. Only thing with that is I would need some tires like this if I don't want to essentially lose 1st gear.

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Downside is that they will only last about 5k miles give or take a couple k depending on your driving.
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lol, I have these exact tires on my turbo Miata track car. absolutely love them. only good for a few track days though
 
I tuned my car to have around 400 hp. It really depends on the car.

If its a heavy car its not that much. If its a small and light car its a blast. For example 400 hp in a volkswagon golf or a audi ttrs or a lancer evolution would be insane.

Unfortunately my car falls in the heavy category.
 
I drove a Lav3 (For my american brothers it's a Stryker) in several Quebec cities. Your cars look like toys compared to this green monster

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It was too much for that frame tho. The engine could barely fit in its place. It was hell to maintain it
 
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