Opinions: Perfect Power For Street?

[Dean_HR31]

Hey guys just wana see what yaz think is the perfect amount of balls for the street... Ill base

this on something like an R33 GTS-T. I will say something along the lines of about 240rwkw's,

second gear should brake traction for fun without clutching & scary gears like 3rd would hold

the road on most surfaces..

Give us some opinions or mabey even stories.. im bored.

[JZA80_1998]

i think no more than 300kw at rear wheel....

should break traction very easy in 2nd gear and very good top end power too.

[Morgs]

Standard is perfect for the street, you really don't need anymore than that to do 50km/h or other speed limit

[HRthirtyone]

well.. in turbo cars if you have 240kw at the wheels, it is also a knob away with the boost controller to lower it down to say 190kw with a lower boost level. so yea thats pretty much perfect.

you dont want to be driving around on 16psi everyday to work @ 240kw, it starts to rain then before you know it your fishtailing 3rd gear with only half throttle on cheap ass Wanli's or NAnkangs.........

so id say for street driving 240-260kw @ wheels max for street DAILY DRIVEN, as long as you have a streetable clutch and diff and GOOD tires/brakes.

[T04GTR]

so long as you can fry at 110km/h its good.

how i miss my dr30

[evil_weevil]

agreed with morgs

But my theory?

200rwkw in a well sorted street car is plenty.

[Nismo_Boy]

depends on the car, 600rwhp and 10.8 @ 128mph bored me, but a well sorted 300rwhp track Porsche was more then fun.

[gt-t_r34]

im with hr31 if u can have 200ish on low boost then turn it up for 240-250 thats the best way for sure. should be a nice punchy turbo with that too like a 2530 or gtrs..

[700HP-GTR33]

240-260rwkws max. on a gts-t...You are asking for trouble otherwise(In the wet that is).

[Eug]

all in the tune too.

i'd rather a nice progressive tune, than a snappy one.

[Nismo_Boy]

all in the tune too.

i'd rather a nice progressive tune, than a snappy one.

You have a vagina though...

[HRthirtyone]

You have a vagina though...

hehe know how to cook and clean? if yes, pm me details.

[scathing]

Why would you want to break traction on the street? Evidently one person's fun is another person's cock-knockery.

I'd want enough power to run a relatively hard touring tyre without having to worry about undue wheelspin. Something like a Dunlop 3000A or a Goodyear RS-02.

And I'd want to ensure that I wasn't running so much boost that I'd be unable or unwilling to drive my car every day in Australian conditions, regardless of the weather.

Even just the standard bolt ons (turbo back exhaust, FMIC, ECU + EBC) would be more than adequate for the street.

[nizmo_freek]

Why would you want to break traction on the street? Evidently one person's fun is another person's cock-knockery.

I'd want enough power to run a relatively hard touring tyre without having to worry about undue wheelspin. Something like a Dunlop 3000A or a Goodyear RS-02.

And I'd want to ensure that I wasn't running so much boost that I'd be unable or unwilling to drive my car every day in Australian conditions, regardless of the weather.

Even just the standard bolt ons (turbo back exhaust, FMIC, ECU + EBC) would be more than adequate for the street.

I got to agree with you

I would rather a car that grips well instead of a car that spins the wheels and dosent go anywere, also a well set up car handling wise is alot more fun than a car that has lots of power but dosent handle well and cant put the power to the ground around corners,a car that you can take round the twisty's and give a nice fast run is the setup for me.

[Devils_Advocate21]

no no no your fully wrong, go fullsik 400 rwkws minimum, that should get you everywere while the fuel is in the tank, no wheelspin what so ever, put some 285's on the rear and you'll be right

LoL, anything under 300 is the best bet for street, any more and its just rudiculous, 250 is comfortable, but as mentioned, with the right handling supports to accomodate power is your best bet for street

[scathing]

also a well set up car handling wise is alot more fun than a car that has lots of power but dosent handle well and cant put the power to the ground around corners,a car that you can take round the twisty's and give a nice fast run is the setup for me.

Yeah, for the street you don't need max power. You're either driving a commuter, where you only just need enough power to make gaps in traffic when overtaking, or you want a little fun "touge machine".

For the former I think the bolt-ons on a GTS-t would be perfect. For the latter, I'd probably prefer something like a RenaultSport Clio, DC5 Type-R or MX5. They've got a reasonable power to weight, flexible engines, and with not much weight but lots of grip they're fun to throw around your favourite winding road without having to do ludicrous speed.

[Roy]

Honestly, an SR20 Pulsar is about as much grunt as you need on the street for great fun. The fun is in the noiuse and reving the thing without going at crazy speeds. Hell my 800cc Handivan is still the most fun street car i have ever had...it sounded cool and use to rev it hard everywhere...and was always going at speeds which didnt make me fear for my licence.

In an R32 with a bit more then std poke i cant even floor it above 4k wihtout owrrying baout speeding...no fun at all

[jantolis]

Honestly, an SR20 Pulsar is about as much grunt as you need on the street for great fun. The fun is in the noiuse and reving the thing without going at crazy speeds. Hell my 800cc Handivan is still the most fun street car i have ever had...it sounded cool and use to rev it hard everywhere...and was always going at speeds which didnt make me fear for my licence.

In an R32 with a bit more then std poke i cant even floor it above 4k wihtout owrrying baout speeding...no fun at all

Yeah my friend was saying the same thing. In his sisters pulser he could thrash the car as much as he wanted and wasn't really doing dangerous speeds but in my gtr if you at the limiter in 3rd your at about 170km/h(i think) which is a bit scary on the streets.

[Topaz]

you dont want to be driving around on 16psi everyday to work @ 240kw

Whats wrong with that

I had very badly worn Wanli's when I bought my car. Turning in the rain was always a joy. Power output was 193hp at the rears back then.

Launch out of first......hit speed imit...................hit red line, change to 5th and brake.

[evil_weevil]

well in that case, a 70rwkw mx5 will suit me

(old mans car is a hooooot to drive!)