for me very simple if you can pass LEGALLY the inspection sticker and give three people a ride, is a "street car" I don't care if it has 600hp. When you're the only one that can ride in the car , and you can see the pavement through the floor cause all weight reduction is a "race car".

 

^ some states have no inspection. MI and parts of OH do not.

 

For me it's:


1. A/C and Heater
2. All four seats
3. Is able to run pump gas
4. Is capable of driving hundreds of miles comfortably....that means lights, windshield wipers

 

If ur ripping out your interior and putting in a roll cage then you got yourself a race car. IMO

 

This is a bit much... so as soon as you get a catless exhaust it's a race car?

 

I love thes useless threads.. LOL

So basically if you have 5% window tint your a race car also..

 

So what if you take out the interior nicely w/o ripping it out and just put a sparco harness bar.. street or race car??

 

streetcar= registered and tagged. all DOT parts( glass windows, tires, ect.)

race car= cannot be driven on street. needs to be trailered to track

 

If you feel you have to trailer it to events = Race Car
Anything else = Street Car

 

Street car to me is one you can race from stop light to stop light. For 10 miles without overheating, being able to brake, have a passenger, etc.

 

Suppose the Event is in Vegas and you live in Florida?? still a race car regardless of if it just has Bolt ons?? Thats a long drive w/o cruise control..

 

Awww come on Mike, it's not a useless thread.

I did not start the thread to try to determine what is or isn't a street / race car. I just wanted to see how others felt about this subject.

My street / drag race 240 has the AC, heat, PS, and stereo deleted. I have no air bags or factory safety belts but do have an NHRA certified 10 point cage and 5 point restraints. Some times I wish it still had power steering. Other times I wish I had the heater. Other than that, I love driving it on the street and have put thousands of miles on it the way it sits.....



OH.. BTW, it has a full interior too!!!!

 

Like some said.. soon as you put a cage in it you have yourself a race car.. Its not real practical to grab your helmet everytime you go for a bite to eat in it..

 

The roll bar padding on the cage would keep my head just as safe as the plastic covered factory frame.

I am curious where its been shown that a caged up car is less safe on the street than one without one.

 

Just check out the chicks head and where the bar is.. I am pretty sure her head wouldnt hit the the top of the frame of if the car wasnt there.. sorry roll bar padding will still cause a concussion on impact..

How about for the passengers?? i mean if you have seats back there might as well sit in them, right??.. the rear bars will split someones head in a light collision..

Be realistic.. I highly doubt ill find US DOT data to support my opinion but id chalk this up as common sense.. also, as a former paramedic if you were involved in an impact that required cutting the roof off the car to get someone out it would be much more difficult to do thru chromoly then sheetmetal.. food for thought..