Originally Posted by
David88vert
Here is my 2 cents - when you add in "old age inflation", it's now worth 3 cents. :2cents: ;)
A street car should generally be a car that could be daily driven as it is currently setup, without any changes. It should be a car that you wouldn't mind driving it back and forth to a job 20 miles away from you every day for the next six months in all weather conditions, and it should be at least reasonably road legal. Street car track classes generally require the driver to drive 30 miles on the street in a street legal setup, then stage with nothing more than tire pressure adjustment - no changing maps in the computer, changing fuel source, changing timing, etc.
So basically being streetable doesnt mean anything it must be "realiable transportation". And because I have other vehicles to drive and I decided to get a little more radical with my hobby/special intrest car and it only gets 8-10 MPG its not a street car??? Even if I can cruise it around all fuckin' night with no problems as long as I keep filling it with gas, it does not matter??? I just dont get it.
Tires - they need to be DOT approved, and not bald where you would get a ticket for them, or would be afraid to get on the interstate in the the rain. Hoosier QTPxs, and MT ET Streets are DOT legal, as are DRs, but slicks are not. Face it - it's not safe to drive from Atlanta to SDR on slicks at 70mph. That's a fact.
Agreed. If your gonna call it a street car and race it as a street car, the tires must be DOT legal. But mostly because this is one of the first things a dickhead cop is gonna pull you over for.
Fuel - C16 and C23 are not legal by any means - not even remotely close. You can't drive your car 500 miles from home and back, because you wouldn't be able to get fuel. Pump gas, and maybe the exception of VP100 (which is street legal fuel) is what a street car runs. Meth injection and nitrous are technically not street legal, but reality is that you can quickly hook or unhook a nitrous line, and meth injection is not your main source of fuel, so they generally are allowed on street cars.
First of all, how many stations would you pass on that 500 mile trip that sells the VP100? So what you are saying is racing fuel should not be allowed because it is illegal but all the nitrous, turbos, blowers, intakes and exhaust systems that are used which you know good and god damn well are just as illegal should be overlooked. This is called picking and choosing and backs up my exact arguement of "If I didnt do it to my car and you did, yours is not a street car"
Air/Heat/PS/PB - Many cars never came with these accessories, and you don't have to have them in a street car. Period. Not having them is a personal choice.
Agreed.
Gutted interior - There is no reason why a gutted interior would turn a street car into a race car. If the owner wants to make his street car more uncomfortable, it's his call.
Agreed. But it looks like shit.
Cage/race harness - There is no legal reason why you can't have a cage in a street car. A cage does not make the car a race car.
Agreed. Catch 22 here though. If you crash your car on the street with one, you could end up a perma-tard if you bounce your head off that thing. And at the track, if you stuff a car into the wall on the big end or flip it at any speed, and you live, you'll wish you had one.
Emissions/Tag/Insurance - Most counties in the US do not require emissions; however, the car needs to have a current tag/registration, and currently be insured to be a street car.
Agreed
That's it. The speed of the car has nothing to do with it being a street car or race car.