Dear Fred:

[daddy]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

 

[Black02Silverado]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

Exactly, personal satisfaction on creating the HP's and being able to play with it.

 

[RedRider]

Needs more low

 

[CJ Hungus]

Dear CJ.

Do this, too.

Dear Penguin,

Loan me 15k.

Done.

18.99% APR

Glorious. I will make my return payment in squirrel pelts and used motor oil.

 

[Bernie]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

Understood... But it's still a waste of horsepower. Even with better tires he's never gonna be able to put all those ponies to the pavement. The rear end of that truck is just too light to provide enough traction weight to do it.

 

[OldCracker29]

 

[CJ Hungus]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

Understood... But it's still a waste of horsepower. Even with better tires he's never gonna be able to put all those ponies to the pavement. The rear end of that truck is just too light to provide enough traction weight to do it.

You would be amazed at what a drag radial/slick and some traction bars will do.

 

[Stumpuller6.5]

Sounds great!

 

[Zembonez]

I love high (and yes sometimes needless) horsepower builds. They certainly are cool.

Personally, the 300 or so HP my truck produces does everything I need it to do. Would a little "MORE" be nice? Sure... but I'm not willing to spend the cash on something that I would rarely ever use.

It's still badass!

 

[Bernie]

That guy won't be doing anything but spinning with those rubber band tires. Looks really nice though!

530hp, only about 200 of which actually make it to the pavement. The other 330 goes up in tire smoke.

Yeah, so?

Point being, the extra horsepower gains him nothing... except shorter tire life and higher fuel consumption. Every single horsepower that doesn't actually get transferred into vehicle motion is utterly worthless.

Bernie, that was him showing off with street tires and from a stand still. Better tires would help at the track and there's a lot of fun to be had while rolling as well.

Understood... But it's still a waste of horsepower. Even with better tires he's never gonna be able to put all those ponies to the pavement. The rear end of that truck is just too light to provide enough traction weight to do it.

You would be amazed at what a drag radial/slick and some traction bars will do.

Granted, slicks and bars DO make a huge difference. But when you have such a huge horsepower to weight ratio you simply do not have enough ground pressure on those rear wheels to make full use of the horsepower and, as I said before, horsepower that isn't translated to motion of the vehicle is simply wasted. You end up with a lot more stress on all the components (and a lot more expense) for no actual benefit.