Cobra Driving Experience Across Manufacturers

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by fastd

I'll admit something that many of you won't agree with: I had my engine rebuilt and increased HP from roughly 420 to 490; while I noticed the increase in power, if I had to do it over again, I wouldn't care if it stayed in the low 400s.

For predominantly street-driven cars, there's a point between your two numbers where "making more" really doesn't accomplish anything. There was a point when I was driving on my hard-as-rocks and old-as-Methuselah Yokahama tires and they were breaking loose just coming off of stop lights with moderately light acceleration. It's really hard to put a true 500+ HP to the ground, without spinning, on the street, and still be driving under a 100MPH.