Yeah, they properly silly quick.

No "normal" weight (ie 1100-1200kg 2litres, ie the stripped 200SX's, Scoobies, etc etc) are much under 500bhp, some 600+

The bigger cars like the Chasers, Skylines, etc etc are usually 600+

And then you got the 86s which are anything from 170bhp to mental power ones like Hibinos one which is as powerful as most the 1200kg cars but weighs more like 800!

All the cars barring the AE86s run 255 wide or wider semi slick track tyres (ie R888s or similar), Nomura R34 ran 275s last time I saw the car in the flesh, and that was 2 years ago.

You can see in the vid of Hibinos car for example, they run normal ratio boxes, and he has full grip when doing the run up to the beginning of the drifting, but is in 4th gear within about 6seconds!

A lot of em run under 1minute laps round Tsukuba, and that is mentally fast for any car, even a 4wd.