How Much Horsepower Does A Man Really Need ?

[68 Ford Stepside]

I've heard this question asked many times during my life. I've also heard just as many answers. I say it depends on the job the man is doing. People like drag racers, round track racers, mud truck racers, & tractor pull guys are just a few that need all the torque & horsepower they can afford. Not to mention this drug dealer trying to get his product from Cuba to Florida.

[SoCalExile]

Only one proper answer to this question.

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[mcheath]

I'd like to see how that boat works. Does it really make any difference, or is there a point when it cancels out?

My dad was a massive horsepower fiend, the more the better! Everything he ever bought had the biggest, baddest engine to be had. Me, I'm more of a gas mileage freak. I'd seriously consider putting a 100 horse diesel in my F-250 to see what sort of distance I could wring out of it. Weird that way I guess.

[hazelnut]

How much horsepower dose a man really need ? For a speed junkie I'd say as much as his cohunas can handle

[sargentrs]

As a Harley friend of mine says.... 3 things you can never have enough of. Too much money, too much horsepower and too much chrome.

[68 Ford Stepside]

At this stage in my life all the horsepower I need is enough to keep me out of trouble when entering the on ramp of our interstate highways.

[michael69]

Only one proper answer to this question.

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No matter how much you got you always want more!! I could be the fastest car on the track and still its not fast enough

[ximy]

A man's got to know his limitations.

[69timemachine]

"Too much is almost enough!"

[Cipher43]

A man's got to know his limitations.
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Full throttle counts as a limitation right????

[68 Ford Stepside]

A man's got to know his limitations.
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Do you reckon either one of these guys ever had a limitation?

[basshound71]

One simple word answers that question, MORE!!!!!

[flyboy71]

Theres always room in the stable for a few more horses.

[fastEdsel]

"There's no replacement for displacement!"

[averagef250]

It's been a log time since I had a vehicle with any level of HP worth mentioning and I really forgot that the term HP even meant anything after owning diesels. It's funny to me how a horsepower figure means nothing, almost a fictional fairy tale word after riding in way too many 250 HP "400 HP" street cars.

All I can say is torque numbers mean a lot and the RPM range where those numbers exist is paramount.