[Tommy]

fordracing65,
I'm thinking you're relatively new here and may not have seen some of the threads from a while back about Bruce Cambern's Cobra # 3170. It is one of the most serious racing Cobras still seeing regular track time. As best I recall it produces more than 600 HP at the wheels, and he had a lot of trouble modulating the power at first. But he solved the problem by changing the throttle pedal/cam action to significantly slow the rate of throttle opening. He says he can now easily keep the tires just short of breaking traction (optimum performance). .... My point is that "too much" horsepower is an issue only if it requres so much driver attention to manage that it detracts from his overall perfomance.

BTW, if you're talking about optimum horsepower in street driving, I have no opinion. That depends entirely on the driver's tastes.