Owner wrecks 707hp Challenger

[Dare]

It was a crappy color,but in one hour


http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/21/highway-to-hellcat-owner-wrecks-707-hp-dodge-challenger-one-hour-after-buying-it/#comments

[Wizzo]

The inevitable accident that follows the words 'Watch this!'. 

[Jericoke]

They make those penis compensators in Brampton which isn't far from me.

707 horsepower seems a little... absurd.  Aside from my initial comment, I don't quite see the point.

[lkjohnson1950]

The late great Mark Donohue once said something to the effect that if you can leave black rubber streaks from the exit of any corner all the way to the braking point for the next corner, then you have enough power.   

[cosworth151]

I don't quite see the point

Because it's FUN!!!!!

[Jericoke]

I can see how a car with 200 hp is more fun than a car with 80 hp.

I can see how a car with 500 hp is more fun than a car with 200 hp.

There must be a point where the extra hp stops being more fun.

For example, I would like to have an Oreo.  I would rather have 2 Oreos.  In fact, I'd love a whole bag of Oreos.  But after eating a bag of Oreos, I wouldn't be interested in a truckload of Oreos.

In what situation would 700 horsepower be more fun than 500?

If anyone is serious about taking their daily ride racing, surely money could be better spent to provide a superior car.

[cosworth151]

In what situation would 700 horsepower be more fun than 500?

In the situation where one presses one's right foot down hard.

There must be a point where the extra hp stops being more fun.

After many decades of dedicated research, I have never found such a point.

[Scott]

I don't think anyone needs 700hp in a street car unless it weighs 20 tons, but I do appreciate the fun it would be to have underneath my foot.

[lkjohnson1950]

The Challenger chassis was developed from a generation of Mercedes E class so it isn't so bad, The late great Mark Donohue once said something to the effect that if you can leave black rubber streaks from the exit of any corner all the way to the braking point for the next corner, then you have enough power.

[Dare]

A 100hp car to get me from point a to
point b is plenty for me.I really don't
like buying more gas than I need to.

[Jericoke]

In what situation would 700 horsepower be more fun than 500?

In the situation where one presses one's right foot down hard.

There must be a point where the extra hp stops being more fun.

After many decades of dedicated research, I have never found such a point.

Out of curiousity what is the most power you've handled on a city street?

I've gone to 290 in a Lincoln Mark VIII

I drove a 9th gen F150 which had a lot of power, but I don't know what it had.  It was my first time driving a stick though, and I spun the wheels a lot!

[cosworth151]

Back in the early 70's, I built a 427 dual quad Ford FE that was pumping on the far side of 450 hp. It started out in a 1963 Galaxie 500 XL hard top. I latter moved it to a 1966 Thunderbird Town Landau. Later in the 70's, I built a 460 Lima block with Boss 429 heads that made some serious power. It was in a 1970 Galaxie 500.

One of my favorite memories of that 427 was driving the T-Bird up a ramp in the underground parking garage at the Ohio State House. I popped open the exhaust cut-outs & punched it. It was loud enough to set off a few car alarms! 

[Scott]

1972 or 73 Firebird with 300+hp that a friend of mine hot rodded up.  Hurst shifter on that beast and about a 1ft travel clutch (at least it felt like that) - was brutal to drive, but I only stalled it once and lurched it a couple of times. 

I was actually with him when he had a rather nasty accident in it - his fault. 

[John S]

The outright most powerful I ever drove was a 1970 Aston DBS V8, estimated at 281bhp but probably a lot less on the car I drove, trouble was it was too temperamental and 2 of the 3 drives my boss allowed me in his motor ended with mechanical issues. 

The most frightening car I ever drove was an MG C, the bloody thing could pull more than the suggested 150bhp on a long straight road but then simply refused to respond to steering input for any following corner. The resultant power slides and slewing across the road in my car sales mate's forecourt car certainly made brown trousers a requirement on a test drive.  Needless to say I passed on the opportunity to own the MG C and opted for the more manageable Triumph TR6, a bit less on bhp, as far as I could feel, but much more driveable. However I totalled that machine in a stupid collision 18 months later, there endeth my fast car follies. 

[cosworth151]

The MG C was originally meant to be the next gen Austin Healey 3000. The 6 was over 200 lb heavier than the MG B 4, so the car was terribly nose heavy. It also required some "creative" engineering to route the steering around the longer engine. Needless to say, the Healey family wanted no part of it.