Ive got a s2erst and the power at the mo is running at approx 180-200bhp via a 2.0l zvh motor but im fitting a nice grs i/c and a stage3 hybrid turbo v soon and i hope to have about 240-250bhp after its all been setup ,at the mo the wheels spin up easy and at times the torque steer is unreal and u have to wait til ur up to speed before opening her up, i hate to think what she will be like when im running max power , now the question whats the max power u can run through the car without messing up the driveability of the car???

 

Depends how much of a lead foot you have. Mate has 400bhp in his FWD Fiesta and I won't say it's particulary driveable but he copes

 

I had 283.5 bhp in my old Civic turbo without any problems

 

problem im having is when u pull away it just wheel spins and u cant put the power down at low speeds, when ur up and running wow,
another thing i cant pull out of a junction hard as the steering is so heavy and ill probably go straight on and trash it

 

What tyres/diff have you got?

 

Tony and Christian's car's seem to do alright, they certainly wern't hanging around when I had a passenger ride...

You need a proper box and diff mate

 

The other thing as well is tyre choice. Shite tires VS good tyres will make all the difference !!

 

my experience of FWD... about 85bhp
Horrid arrangement - horse and cart was FWD.. we haven't learnt much

 

id say about 270 is a good figure, but as seen, you can go go to 300/400/500bhp, all depends what you want out your car


Im going 350bhp in rwd now, cars being converted to cossie rwd as i didnt want to spend making it a 300bhp /fwd!