That's the problem you would run into. Most of the cars that have all of those tacky looking exterior changes never have anything done to the engine, probably because they spent so much money on making it look "fast" when it really looks gawdy that they didn't have money left over to making the car actually go as fast as they act like it is. I prefer modifying the engine and leaving the exterior alone. This way when the ricers are winding up their angry sounding weed eaters, you can not only defeat them (which is not a difficult task in the first place) you can blow them away so bad its not even funny. Then they'll add a couple hundred Vtech stickers (adding +10hp a piece) and you'll blow them away just as bad and the look on their faces is priceless.

I'd say Patrick wins on this site. That Mirada sounds like it can do some amazing things especially for what it had to start out with. Don't get me wrong the Mirada had the potential, the problem is it was built at one of the worst times for standard engine power output despite the size. Probably took more work than other cars that came standard with performance small blocks, like say the Challenger T/A. The Mirada was more of a personal luxury coupe (a Thunderbird, Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Cougar, Cutlass Supreme, Grand National competitor) as opposed to a pony car (Mustang, Firebird, Camaro).