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Sorry in advance for wording due lack of knowledge. I am fairly new to posting but I have a question.

I am recently new to this forum and I am not entirely sure that this question was asked before. I did used the search function and did not see any threads pertaining to my question, so I figured I would ask myself.

Hypothetically speaking, of course, where do you draw your line between power and reliability? Meaning, I have read, watched and talked to people about the reasons for their setups and function of the car.

I am just curious what do you guys feel is realistic power outputs for small coupes/sedans with weak power rating from stock after performance modifications.

By the way, It might be helpful for readers and me to know what kind of setups you have.

Thanks for reading...

 
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As long as you have enough money you can make the car as powerful as you want.

you're problems will be with the amount of power the transmission can handle, but there are aftermarket gears to make transmissions stronger.

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the amount of power you can get out of the engine before it is unstable. you can do many things to make the stock engine stronger.

you can even change out the stock engine and transmission all together. it just depends on how much money you have.

 
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Thanks. But maybe I did not word the question correctly.

But my question is 'if there was a magic number of horsepower, how much would you produce within your setup to still retain reliability and power?'
I know it is possible for you to continue to build upon one car for massive horsepower (being that you have the money) and torque but would you sacrifice in the meanwhile?

In recent scrolling through the forum I have seen the short signature saying, CHEAP RELIABLE FAST YOU CAN ONLY HAVE TWO or something of the sort.
That being said, I mean yes, we all love the ridiculous amount of power but some of us want to still depend on our car as daily drivers. And in your personal opinions, what would be the ideal limit you would set for yourself?

By the way, I watched a video about Ryan Gate%u2019s 311RS where Matt Farah%u2019 states that 360 at wheel horsepower is ideal for the Evo to still maintain it reliability(7:25-8:15) Here the video maybe you can watch and maybe get an image of what I am speaking about.

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Best way to retain reliability is to do a K-Swap.

I would say that under 300Hp is a good number for daily driving and practicality of a civic. After that you need to start pushing boost limits up and traction becomes an issue.

But, a persons definition of street ability is partially an opinion. I may be more willing to street a 300hp car then someone else. Practicality is also a matter of opinion, I need seats someone else might not.

 
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didn't hondata come up with some kind of plug in traction control feature ???.

 
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the cut line seem to be 300-350 WHP in a FWD, beyond that forget cornering.