Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

[fahrenschnell]

As my team assembles what is easily the highest horsepower car I have ever driven, it got me thinking about who all has driven something with tons of power......So.

What is the highest horsepower car you have ever had?

And....

What is the highest horsepower car you have ever driven?



I am about to raise my personal car HP number with the Chevelle to roughly 550 Hp.

So far the highest horsepower car I have driven is my 68 Mustang which had about 500 Hp.....

So Spill it...... ;D

Seth

[oldrustycars]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

Most I owned...about 350 HP when I had a Vortech blower on my 93 Chevy pickup.
Most I have driven....550 in a N14 Cummins in a 1994 Kenworth W900L. Ever had a big truck over 100 MPH?

[fahrenschnell]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

No, but I had a Submarine pretty quick ;) Those have Torque numbers in the 7 figures :o

Seth

[min301]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

83 Mustang GT, 308ci, 13.5:1, NOS 2stage, C4(5000 stall), 9"(w/3.89:1)-
roughly 780hp@the wheels.


Drove a 70 Nova, owned by a worker at Rogers engine shop.
We(when I worked for VanPeenan Racing) built a BBC 468
for it. It ran well in the 9's.

There are more, but these are the quickest/most powerful.

[Monk]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

Easy answer.....my current ride

427 BBC 556 hp 549# tq

All throttle
No bottle

[Mr4Speed]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

My '68 Biscayne was in the 550hp range I'm guessing. (what's it take to make a 4100lb car pull 117 mph?) I've driven a couple 10.90 index cars-don't think they had any more power, just lighter.

[RyanWalker]

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Highest horsepower I've ever owned/ maybe 300hp that my 64 Malibu had before I sold the motor.

Highest horsepower driven/ 1972 GTO with a blown 568 Chevy 950hp to 1000hp maybe... chassis dyno said 872rwhp.

[L98camino]

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Yesterday I drove my friends '70 LS6 6spd Chevelle. L88 Yenko Aluminum heads, 600hp. Today I worked on it.

I had a '68 Firebird that I built a 400 Poncho for. I figure it had 350hp.

[LS1 ZR2]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

That I owned, 845hp, 540ci Monte Carlo. That I have driven, 400ci twin turbo LSX powered 1996 Impala SS with 2048hp.

[HillbillySailor]

Re: Most Horsepower you have ever had/driven.

No, but I had a Submarine pretty quick ;) Those have Torque numbers in the 7 figures :o

Seth

I was thinking the same thing about driving a cruiser for my ESWS qualification! ;) The most powerful car I've ever driven was a 66 Impala SS with a 396/4 Speed (don't have HP figures).

[nosnerd]

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770 hp 548 (nos motor) +400 hit... ;D

[CooL-NeWeLL]

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owned my Velle has mabey 500, drove a Lamborghini Murci?lago 571hp but didnt get to drive it to its potential

[Dynoroom]

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I abstain. I think you're asking about street driven cars?

[JeffMcKC]

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My Blown Alky SBC I have no idea how much it made 20 LBS boost on it. But it took the end of the crank off twice

[greenjunk]

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the time bomb, 825
c5 convert. with a c5r/ls7 hybrid, with a blower. 915rwhp
on the street with the top down. would do 60-120 sideways inthe blink of an eye. only car to ever scare me.