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Personally, I don't think the car needs much more torque, but I wish it could maintain that torque up to about 18K RPMs. Based on that logic, I think 1000 HP would be just about right. A CVT would be great too.
yes, 600 would be perfect. oh and I don't drive my IS to work and back. I drive a corolla. I just drive my IS on the weekend and 600hp would be so much fun.
This is my weekend car as well. I drive a Ford Taurus company car. Sorry, that is what they gave me and they pay for the gas. I would like about 450. I think that is about the max that tranny could handle without blowing up. However, if I had a two seater, roadster I would go for the sky.
500-600 would be an optimum range to have. My buddy with a supra reduced his hp with a smaller turbo and less power. When he was making over 650hp, he said it just wasn't very fun to drive on the street for various reasons and now that he is down to 550ish it's just right.