How much power is enough?

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by xb-60

Just thinking out load here (it's been a quiet night)

How much power is enough?
I know, I’ve read Mark Donohue’s gem "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower" enough times, but how much really is enough?

So, what is the horsepower crossover point in a light weight, short wheelbase, front-mid engined car like a Cobra replica, where adding more power actually detracts from the driveability and maybe even makes the car slower for virtually everybody except a professional racing driver?

At what (HP) point does the knowledge that flooring it will just create lots of tyre smoke without a proportional amount of forward motion?

Cheers,
Glen

always want more, can never get enough. Just my two cents... Cheers, tin-man

[undy]

Too much power is not quite enough...

[tuska]

land speed records are still being broken....tells us there is never too much...just keeping it all together is the problem

[mdross1]

Like any machine with too much power,trying to conquer them is half the excitement.Honestly, having a lot of torque and power in a properly set up suspension and decent rubber can be an addrenaline rush you will always feel the need for more of.Just because you have more than you think you might need does not mean you have to drive it to the point of not having control.But when the conditions are right big power is addicting.I use my car to it's fullest potential,road racing is a blast having the tail wag out in the turns keeps me very focused.Rollons out on the highway alone or passing is an absolute thrill.The very reason why I wanted a Cobra in the first place.

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by mdross1

Like any machine with too much power,trying to conquer them is half the excitement.Honestly, having a lot of torque and power in a properly set up suspension and decent rubber can be an addrenaline rush you will always feel the need for more of.Just because you have more than you think you might need does not mean you have to drive it to the point of not having control.But when the conditions are right big power is addicting.I use my car to it's fullest potential,road racing is a blast having the tail wag out in the turns keeps me very focused.Rollons out on the highway alone or passing is an absolute thrill.The very reason why I wanted a Cobra in the first place.

Help this poor sinner understand "Rollons" never heard this before, guess I've been in China too long.

Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man, Zhuhai, P.R.C.

[xb-60]

So far, the score is...tinman with Roush 511 IR with 572HP, there's undy with a KC 482, tuska with a KC 427 and mdross1 with a 460 and 525hp.....very predictably saying nup, can't have too much.
Makes me feel like a bit of a girlie for even asking the question

Cheers fellers,
Glen

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by xb-60

So far, the score is...tinman with Roush 511 IR with 572HP, there's undy with a KC 482, tuska with a KC 427 and mdross1 with a 460 and 525hp.....very predictably saying nup, can't have too much.
Makes me feel like a bit of a girlie for even asking the question

Cheers fellers,
Glen

Glen, I'm betting you are the type of guy that asked the question since you have already made up your mind you will have the meanest nasty sounding high powered rocket in OZ that's gonna cause your sphincter muscle to pucker every time you take it out for a spin. did I get that right?

The girlies come later.

Cheers, tin-man

[mdross1]

Originally Posted by tin-man

Help this poor sinner understand "Rollons" never heard this before, guess I've been in China too long.

Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man, Zhuhai, P.R.C.

Rollons! Cruising at any speed, challenged or not and hammering the throttle.Big block cars most of the time never need shifting,just aim.A lot of times out on the highway someone might pull along beside you,racing from that is called a "Rollon"