How much power would be too much for a 1 tonne economy car.

>>16332495
400 horses

Depends on the car. Some can handle more power just fine, others just turn into a body-rolling understeery mess.

>>16332507
FF economy car, just say your typical older corolla

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>>16332495
this one has 600hp

About tree fiddy.

>>16332507
So it depends on the suspension set up?

>>16332517
anything over 400hp

depends

civic and older rollas seem to handle it okay.

>>16332565
>1 tonne
250HP is gonna make a car like that fucking move.

>>16332583
my shitbox weigh's 1550kg with a 300rwhp ls and it feels quick so yeah i'd imagine it would feel mega.

depends how tourqey the little engine is in the buzzbox tho ya kno?

>>16332495
>economy car.
1hp more than required to get to the speed limit at a safe pace.

>>16332530

It depends on a few factors. My first car was a citroen saxo. It weighed about 950kg and had no power, but it didn't handle very well because it had narrow tyres and almost no weight pushing down on them. After that I had an MG ZR. It was about 100kg heavier, but also had much wider tyres, a lower ride height, a stiff chassis and suspension setup and a wider track, and it was a heap of fun to drive. Then again, despite not being very powerful (105hp) the ZR was designed to be more of a hot hatch from the start, so you could have easily doubled its power without any real concern for the handling, which you can't really do in an ordinary econobox that has suspension which is geared more for comfort than speed.