The philosophy behind this car is pretty simple..."Simple".   The overall goal is to greate a competent "all around" car it's not going to be optimized for drag racing, track racing, or any other category, but, hopefully, it will perform moderately well in any form of performance.  The requirements are to keep the car exterior as stock looking as possible to help reduce encounters with our ever present speed patrol, keep the car as light as possible, and keep it as cheap as possible without sacrificing safety or reliability.