custom exhaust, radiator, steering shaft, suspension...all is a "must", and the cost adds up to an amount that goes WAAAY beyond resale value.

at some distant point in my youth i dreamed of a dry lakes racer that utilized a late 80s RX7 900 hp, supercharged 392 hemi stuffed in a mid-engine mount. i was very young, all i could do is dream of the potency of the finished product -- in retrospect, i downplayed the technical hurdles.