What do you think the most HP someone should have for a street drive?

[Unit 5302]

Originally Posted by RiCeFrYeR

Man i have been looking at some cars and i just dont know. I am not all that concerened about stopping i will be upgrading my brakes to brembro or somthing in that area of interst. So my stopping wont be to bad. The main reason i want to go with N/A is to avoid all kinds of wireing harneses. If i could get away with a trotle body i would do that. The idleing on the street i dont think will bother me i like it for the most part. But i dont like to hear the word over heat and lots of money in the same sentance. What if i put a eletric water pump with an oversized radiator?

First off, lets not confuse N/A with carbeurated. N/A is naturally aspirated, which is the case in the stock 5.0HO with EFI. It just means you're not using an external device to compress or deliver more air/oxygen to the intake tract of the engine. Superchargers and turbochargers compress air and nitrous oxide delivers more oxygen for a more powerful burn.

The wiring harness itself is small potatoes IMHO. It's almost entirely composed of quick disconnects and can be moved out of the way easily.

I stand by forced induction being the easiest, least expensive and most streetable way of getting the horsepower you want. Carbs and forced induction rarely go together, though it's certainly possible.