Originally Posted By fast68plymouth
As Andy said, if it’s a street/strip car, you’re going to need to make more power per pound than a dedicated race car.

9.8’s in Co(Denver) in a typical race weight street/strip car(3800lbs), you’ll need more power than a stock block will live a long happy life.

I’d be shooting for 800+ “Standard corrected horsepower”.


Thanks man. Thats right where I was thinking I would need to be on the low end of the HP rating.

I know turbos make up for the thin air up here, does NOS act the same way?

For what its worth Im leaving CO here pretty soon for the midwest.