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Old 04-12-2012, 10:49 PM
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Mangled03 thread got me thinking, too much of a good thing can take the fun out of a DD.

Considering FI is involved, what do you think is the sweet spot, hp wise, of a dedicated DD that will never see the track? Either 2wd & 4wd
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I think it's all subject to the driver. Some might say 500 is fun other might say 1000hp is fine.

Once I get a few more mods and maybe up the boost and yada yada I am hoping to break 600 to my tires.
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That's a very vague question. Concerned with fuel consumption at all? If not, my answer would be, however much power that you can put down, while still managing a good bit of traction. You can have a 450 h.p. truck that's supercharged, that'll blow the tires off from a stop. Then again, you can have a 600 h.p. turbo truck, that'll hook and roll on with the best of 'em. Depends a lot on how you drive, also. You can run 900 h.p. all day and baby it, or you can go ***** out on 450 h.p. and be fine, too. So many variables.
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500 supercharged, 600 turbo'd
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EDIT: Flaco says 1200 h.p.





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I think lots of low end torque is more fun that high end HP. But what do I know, I'm just a country bumpkin.
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