"How much power is enough"...take #2

[xb-60]

I was watching the Lynn Park Youtube video again the other day...you probably know the one..."Meet Mr Cobra: The King of Shelby Cobras"
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A63kWP9DrKQ#t=306[/ame]

....and his comments about the Cobra being a fun car made me think back to an old thread about "how much power is enough?".

Some of his comments...

A Cobra is "the most fun car you can race"
"What a lot of guys do" is they "can't leave the motor alone" .... "they don't think the stock motor is enough"
"They want to build more and more and more horsepower"
"Then [the motors] become a little unmanageable"
..."they want to overheat"
...[the cars] "want to oversteer"
[The cars] "are hard to get launched off the line" ...."feathering the clutch"...."feathering the gas"
"The stock Cobra, the way it was built, is just the most fun car to drive on the street in the whole wide world"

And of course he's talking about 289 Cobras, not big blocks.

So, resurrecting a topic from an old thread - how much power is enough?
If a Cobra, in original standard K-code 271hp form or race tune of say, 380hp, is "just the most fun car to drive on the street in the whole wide world" and "the most fun car you can race" , why do some of you hot-rodders out there want to chase 500 or 600 hp (or more) in a 90" wheelbase car that's driven on the street?
I've seen it mentioned (quite a number of times) that cars do have throttle pedals, and you don't have to use it all etc. etc., but boys will be boys....and a foot on a throttle pedal doesn't accommodate the sneeze factor.

Please tell me why your car is more enjoyable on the street because it's got massively more power than the next guy....?

Cheers,
Glen