SURE, things were great 30 years ago when you could pick up a cool piece of Aussie muscle for a few grand, throw some performance parts at it and have some fun on the street or strip. But most of those cars really weren’t that quick by today’s standards, and the very few properly swift machines at the pointy end of the sport were crafted by legends achieving goals the rest of us could only dream about.
Fast-forward to today and we’ve got genuine street cars making 2000hp and beyond – and if you’re not making at least 1000hp at the tyres, are you even trying? Even average folk like you and me can build a quick car these