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i wrote this on another site, and i think it explains the details that people leave out all the time:
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you CAN feasibly make just about any motor and car combo do whatever the hell you want it to. you can only boost a car to a certain level before you knock reliability out of the picture. also remember that exotics pack not only power and reliability, but comfort. i've kept up with Porsches that were 20 times as expensive as my car, but while i was heel-toe shifting, late braking, and wrestling with the steering wheel... they were eating Fig Newtons and saying "damn, i can't wait to get out of 3rd gear".
i'm pretty sure that you could make a honda civic drag race car for about $60,000 and it would outrun lamborghinis, porsches, ferraris, etc in a straight line. but remember that LONG after that $40,000 of engine work has melted into a pile of goo, the competition will be running strong, reliable, and their resale value will be retained.
how many people here would pay $60,000 for a Civic with a burned out motor, a destroyed transmission, broken motor mounts, and a weakened chassis? for that same $60,000 you could get a mildly used Viper with about 5,000 miles on the clock.
you can pick up chicks in a new Viper. but NO chick in her right mind would ride in a worn-out hulk of a $20,000 japanese car (which you paid $60,000 for) that is running 50lbs of compression on it's last remaining cylinder, with an interior so loud it sounds like there's a chainsaw in your ear. not to mention one that runs off of stinky, eye-burning nitromethane that makes you gasp for air.
think about it.
obin
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