when i built my "healthy daily driver" vw which progressed into a very capable car at the track and was still my daily driver...

my dad said "son, do you know how to make a small fortune drag racing?"
he immediately got my interest and i said "how's that?"
he replied "you better start with a big one!"

here's the car i sold a few years back... it looks like hell, but i bought it salvaged i built everything but the gearbox
67 vw bug, all steel, no fibreglass.
naturally aspirated 2165 cc (132 cubic inches) no NOS or turbo
and it had a giant funnel on top where i just kept dumping money

it broke the hearts of many muscle cars, including Vipers, corvettes and camaros... it ran 11.90's @ 110mph on the 1/4 mile