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Message: [QUOTE="BigBird, post: 2328258, member: 4247"] Ideally, a high performance car should, up to a point, become more stable at high speed, as the aerodynamic forces push the car more firmly down onto the track. The Dodge Hellcat isn't a fabulous example of this principle. The C7 Stingray, on the other hand, handles quite well at high speed because it was from square one designed for it. Having taken mine to a couple of tracks, and satisfied myself that it does so, I then reverted to driving the highway speed limit or a just tad more. I am very opposed to street racing, Cramming a monster powerplant into a pony-car or sedan that isn't aerodynamically designed for it is the real idiocy here. The ultimate example was created by Ford, who came up with the acme of kid-killer cars: A 500 horsepower Focus. Yes. A sub-compact Focus. There's no shortage of car geeks who get caught up in the horsepower game. But when the road curves, as roads sometimes do, they come to realize that their horsepower is fine, but handling and aero matter - quite a bit. That these two old chaps met their end (literally) on a straight course is a bit puzzling. A blown tire? Maybe. In such cases, one cannot effectively steer nor stop. Rocky, I really dig high-performance cars and driving them. But as you said, one has to have the discipline to manage the risks. [/QUOTE]