Limit of Daily Driver HP??
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I think you should leave it stock maybe put exhaust air intake and a boost contoler just bump it up to 8 or 9 psi and stick with that on a daily driver. You'll will have exhuast for sound air intake and boost controler for a little play when you want it but you can still get some decent miles to the gallons
Keros;1256077 said:
Ahh but modern technology lets you have the best that the car and conditions will allow
There are times when my TRAC isn't active at all but at other times when the surface is a bit greasy/dusty/rough it will be very active, If I built only for the bad times I'd miss out on having the extra HP for the good times!
Supracentral;1255102 said:
Would there be a sense of looking for different set of rims with less width for even better snow performance?
Some sort of a steelie from another car maybe?
Like rally car thin wheels?
Wheels that can cut through the snow better than snowblades (hehe :biglaugh
un intended)?
There are certain parts or options that can make a car worse to DD on their own and not from a correlation of HP. Like turbos and clutches being the two big ones. Using the wife/gf standard for DD, I know that my girl cant drive a geo with a 200k mile clutch, let alone a new 6 puck. But shes more than comfortable with a stalled auto.
With a turbo, youll have to warm the car up before getting on it, and let it cool down for a minute or two before you shut it down. Also chances are that you will eventually get a tuning device with some sort of in-car adjustability. Imagine telling the Gf not to push the Big red "scramble boost" button.
With that said I would draw the line at around 500 or less. At that HP, a driveable clutch CAN be had. You can do it with a street-able turbo, something that wont have you looking at guages everyother heartbeat, can do it on pump gas, and you might even be able to get a little boost when your driving stoplight to stoplight.
With a turbo, youll have to warm the car up before getting on it, and let it cool down for a minute or two before you shut it down. Also chances are that you will eventually get a tuning device with some sort of in-car adjustability. Imagine telling the Gf not to push the Big red "scramble boost" button.
With that said I would draw the line at around 500 or less. At that HP, a driveable clutch CAN be had. You can do it with a street-able turbo, something that wont have you looking at guages everyother heartbeat, can do it on pump gas, and you might even be able to get a little boost when your driving stoplight to stoplight.
I am building mine to be a daily driven 500-550 on pump gas. I think that's doable.
Just comes down to research, building it to be relaiable and handle that power...and MAINTENANCE
Just comes down to research, building it to be relaiable and handle that power...and MAINTENANCE
well it also depends what your willing to give up in the name of horsepower
down here in Texas I am not giving up my a/c in summer, so there are those loads on the engine (with its WONDERFUL cooling system) and the added expense of making that work.
for an average driver, I would say 400ish to the wheels would be my personal limit of what I was willing to deal with, after that it would just be a dedicated weekend'er/track car for all the prep and parts I would have to put into it.
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down here in Texas I am not giving up my a/c in summer, so there are those loads on the engine (with its WONDERFUL cooling system) and the added expense of making that work.
for an average driver, I would say 400ish to the wheels would be my personal limit of what I was willing to deal with, after that it would just be a dedicated weekend'er/track car for all the prep and parts I would have to put into it.
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cmdeoro;1262274 said:
alright, so now i'll be on a hunt for some skinnies to make the supra as streetable as possible during the snow days..
no!
skinny tires won't do anything if they are not snow tires.
Snow tires work because they are sipped from the manufacture AND the rubber compound stays soft in the coldest of temps. Unlike the normal all-season tires.
The down side to snow tires, no snow, they WILL get chewed up pretty quickly.
skinny tires won't do anything if they are not snow tires.
Snow tires work because they are sipped from the manufacture AND the rubber compound stays soft in the coldest of temps. Unlike the normal all-season tires.
The down side to snow tires, no snow, they WILL get chewed up pretty quickly.
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