POWER PLAY

For years now, we’ve been dishing out our kW Club stickers to those who are mad enough and who have street and circuit cars measuring a minimum of 300kW on a dyno, as anything less just isn’t worth writing home about. However, in recent years, we have seen this socially acceptable minimum sky rocket. 300kW? That’s cute! Most people building a project car these days have a goal of reaching 400–500kW at the wheels. Has 500kW become the new 300kW target?

Not even five years ago, if your turbocharged Japanese import was outputting more than 300kW, it most certainly wasn’t pleasant to drive on the street. Turbo lag, horrible clutches, and fuel-system technology deeming streetability almost pointless plagued