Re: Can you honestly use all this crazy boosted Viper horsepower? Seriously
As Paolo stated it's all in the setup and design. If you have a pair of GT35's and the power hits at 2500rpm it's going to be very very hard to control. With the larger turbos they come in a bit later, which some call "laggy" but it actually makes the car 10x easier to drive on a daily basis. It's not to the point of being slow and annoying, just that you can comfortably cruise the car around w/o blowing the tires off with every throttle movement. The fact that the turbos never really reach full boost in the lower gears helps enormously as well. On street tires in 1st and 2nd gear just doesn't put enough load on the motor to get much over 8 psi, this is just about ideal as it's right at the limit of traction. Put some slicks on and you can slam 15psi in the lower gears all day long if you wish.
I was absolutely astounded how well Dell's car hooked up when I drove it. With some suspension adjustment and a little common sense you can absolutely drive these 1000+ rwhp cars on a daily basis. I was very very surprised how docile Joe's car is, given the fact that it was making north of 1200rwhp at the time. Yeah it started to spin the drag radials a bit at 140mph but it was easily controlled via throttle input.
Just how tame are they? Put it to you this way. Paolo and myself drove Dell's car back home from lunch, in the RAIN, on well worn Drag Radials, and it never missed a beat. Car was just as tame as any stock viper.
It takes a little common sense, and a LOT of respect for the car, but it's not nearly as rude and violent as one would think.
That being said I feel pretty confidant in my next statement. I would say 90% of people who THINK they want a 1000+ hp car, don't have the balls to sit in the passenger seat when one is being driven hard, let alone climb behind the wheel.
