Thats my point, if you dont trust it, then its not a street vehicle

 

When you have a turbo, nitrous, E85, and problems keeping it cool between rounds.......Race truck.

 

I guess I see what you are saying but I don't agree 100%, which is fine. For the record I do trust the truck though. I beat the **** out of it on the street but on the track all out, on a sticky surface I like the insurance of a trailer. I guess I have a race truck. .

 

This guy.....

I usually keep it simple, if you live in the south, it needs a A/C. If you ask a guy sitting in his "street" car in 5 o'clock traffic when it's 95+ degrees out and he sitting in a puddle of sweat and says he's happy to be in "street" car more then his normal car that blows ice sickles, he's a damn lier. I don't care what tires are on it or how much HP or if it runs 7s in the 1/4, if you can stay cool you got a street car you'll enjoy driving even it shakes or drinks gas.

You'll also notice 99% of those cars trailered to the track as "street" cars also don't have ac. Shocking, there on trailers with all the other "race cars". Hmmm. Now look a the cars with a/c at the track, yep, those people leave the track in their cars drive them home on the street. Which happens to be the topic, "Street cars".

 

So since I put ls1 accessories on my truck years ago and can't the a/c hooked up, ever since then its been a race truck?

 

My little line in the sand so to speak is for those who elect to remove it to go faster. That's a comfort I won't give up because I personally won't enjoy driving often. A "street car" by my definition is enjoyable for all the reasons a normal car is but faster.

Just my opinion.

 

when your mom, dad, brother or neighbor can hop in, turn the key and drive it. someone that knows nothing about cars can be "comfortable" in it

 

hmmm......mine doesn't seem to fit any of this criteria at the moment

 

we argue locally about this all the time. Alot of people think just because they can drive the car 20 miles down the road to the race track its a street car. I say BS john force could possibley do that. I say its not a "street car" when you cant load the family up and drive it on a 2+ hour trip and back with no issues. There are alot that are streetable but not street car. Ive got a buddy with a sn95 mustang built with a c4 tranny yea he can drive it 3hr trip but he can only run 55-60 because its turning so many rpms. My lightning for example i can still fill it up with pump gas and drive to california running 10mph over the speed limit with the ac kicking and run 10s on race day. I do trailer it to the track so i dont have to worry about a ride home if it breaks nor having to swap wheels and tires at the track.

 

Technically, if it has tags,insurance,street equiptment, and runs on pump gas it's a street car. The problem is separating the wide range of street legal cars. There is everything from the daily driver, to the radical hot rod. I agree with one member here that if you can toss the keys to someone and forget about it, that it's a street car. More specifically a daily driver.There is no one thing that excludes it from a street car as long as it meets the definition above. Race gas, slicks,no alternator,no dot equiptment,ect and it's regulated to the track only. Do street cars get trailerd to the track, hell yea. It garuntees he will make it back when the car breaks. Not if it breaks, but when it breaks.