Locost 7s
Basically home built kit cars that are replicas of the original Lotus 7
Now I'm not a brittish sports car fan, and most british sports car guys I've met are like 60 and a little quirky. That being said I had no interest in Rx7s before swapping mine. What catches my eye is that there is a book covering the entire build and all you need is about 200-300$ in mild steel square tubing. While I build this car I can still run the rx7 so I dont have any down time. I could build the whole chassis the suspension and the body work (both of which I think will be the toughest actually seeing as I have zero experience building suspension setups) so I can get into it for close to no money and then if I get to the point where I actually make it through, drop the Ls1/T56 in last.
The appeal of this project. Ls1 in a 1500lb car that you can put the widest tires you want on it, should produce handling that is untouchable by anything and depending on how much traction I get will determine how fast it will go in a straight line, but with 315 R compounds out back I think once their warm it'll stick and be flat out stupid.
There is a guy who has one and based on his data logging equipment TPS never went above about about a third throttle because he couldent find traction in first or 2nd and still managed a 3.8 second 0-60 time and the guy cant even roll into it on the highway without blowing the tires off but he doesnt have a ton of meat out back.