Poll for Minimum Torque for a performance street Machine?

1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1, 510 ft lbs off the showroom floor. THAT will roast the tires!

They needed that much. Nice cars but they were tanks.

my 73 centry/regal was luxo barge deluxe and the smogger 455 with a crower RV cam would absolutely melt tires at will. it had a mountain of torque and it wasn't super fast by any stretch of the imagination, but boy was it fun to sneak one in on people. never saw it coming, curb feelers and all!