451 for a street car??

I guess it is pretty obvious. Control the throttle, control the car. Maybe I'm way over thinking it. I'm not afraid of too many cubes, or of my driving ability. Just don't want a car that is a big handful every time you hit it. Lots of post both small and big block talking about tire frying, can't hook in any gear, will smoke the tires at cruise speeds if you get on it too much etc, etc.. I love power and like to go fast but if you have to drive it like a Geo Metro to keep it on the road, I'm not interested. I'm sure there is some exaggeration in some of the post talking about blowing the tires off at 60 mph, just trying to get some feedback from those driving higher hp on the street.